About 200,000 people have been evacuated due to floods caused by heavy rains in Japan’s Fukui, Yamagata, Niigata, Fukushima, Ishikawa, and Toyama prefectures. Two people have gone missing and many houses have been flooded, officials said.
Train services, on the other hand, have been canceled due to the collapse of a railway bridge crossing a river in Fukushima Prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has forecast record precipitation over the next 24 hours.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar was met with protests in Berlin during talks with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul. Demonstrators from human rights and civil society groups gathered outside the Foreign Ministry, denouncing Israel’s actions in Gaza and demanding Germany halt arms sales to Israel. Protesters accused Saar of war crimes and criticized Germany for its continued military support, chanting slogans like “Stop the genocide” and “Germany finances, Israel bombs.” Despite the protest, Wadephul reiterated Germany’s commitment to supplying arms to Israel.
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