Heavy rains have flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced Palestinians crammed ​into encampments across the Gaza Strip, washing away shelters and soaking blankets and mattresses, local authorities said on Saturday.

A Polish gunman likely influenced by far-right ideology killed six people in the main square of the southern city of Krakow before police shot ​and arrested him, officials said on Saturday, adding that three more bodies were found in his home.

El Niño is already affecting communities with some areas experiencing declining water supplies and shortages.

Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry is calling on Fijians to reject divisive politics and protect the country’s multicultural unity.

Fiji is pushing for stronger access to climate finance for Pacific communities as it seeks to deepen its partnership with the United Kingdom.

Fiji and the Philippines are moving to establish a formal framework for regular foreign policy consultations.

In the countryside west of Istanbul, trucks line up to empty mixed household waste from the city of 16 million people onto a vast landscape of decomposing rubbish, where landfill gas is captured to ​generate electricity at a nearby plant.

The Flying Fijians suffered a disappointing 54-17 defeat to France in their Nations Championship Test in Lyon after the hosts dominated large periods of the contest.

At least 27 people were killed and 36 wounded in what the Houthi-run Saba news agency said were Saudi airstrikes on a ​village near Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Saturday, in one of ‌the deadliest reported attacks since fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-aligned group resumed in July.

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says Fiji’s cultural and religious diversity must not become a source of division.

Twenty-four officers from the Southern Division have completed intensive Officer Safety Training aimed at strengthening tactical readiness and enhancing frontline policing capabilities.

The growing reliance on overseas workers should not be treated simply as an immigration issue, says Fiji Hotels and Tourism Association Chief Executive Fantasha Lockington.