In the day's other headlines, health officials and emergency workers in Gaza say that Israeli

airstrikes on camps near Rafa have killed at least 25 people.

50 others were injured.

It's just the latest attack on southern Gaza where hundreds of thousands have sought shelter from the ongoing fighting.

For its part, Israel's military released video of its continued ground offensive against Hamas.

Meantime, in Lebanon, recent Israeli airstrikes have left southern border towns in ruins.

Near daily exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah prompted the UN chief

to issue a stark warning.

When rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the border and frankly beyond imagination.

Let's be clear, The people of the region and the people of the worlds cannot afford

Lebanon to become another Gaza. Also today Armenia became the latest country to officially recognize Palestinian

statehood despite opposition from Israel. Roughly three quarters of the

193 UN member nations have done so.

State media in China is reporting that at least 47 people have died

amid catastrophic flooding and landslides

in the south of the country. A week of downpours has walloped Guangdong province.

One area saw more than 14 inches of rain in just a single day. State television showed

a Riverside village completely inundated by floodwaters.

In the neighboring Guangjing province, rescuers deployed to a major city after a river there

rose nearly 12 feet above its flood warning line.

More extreme weather is forecast for other parts of the country.

This week's record setting heat is set to carry into the weekend

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