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Our top stories. Authorities in Libya restricted access to the port city of Dürner to aid rescue teams in their search for flood survivors.

At least 10,000 people are still missing or presumed dead after flooding from Storm Daniel, burst two dams and swept through the city on Sunday night.

The current death toll is over 11,000 and is expected to rise.

There appears that contamination of water could take more lives still.

The city has already buried thousands of its dead mainly in mass graves.

The EU find TikTok $345 million Euros $368 million for improperly handling the data of young users.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission, which has authority over TikTok because the firm's European headquarters is there, said the Chinese social media company violated data protection law by making the profiles of users aged between 13 and 17 public by default.

It gave TikTok three months to comply with the EU law.

Joe Biden sent two top aides to Detroit to help resolve America's biggest strike in decades.

Nearly 13,000 workers at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis are striking at three plants after failing to reach a pay deal.

The United Auto Workers Union is seeking a 40% pay rise. The companies have offered up to 20%.

Mr. Biden said he understood, quote, workers frustrations.

The European Commission ended import bans on grain from Ukraine to neighboring countries.

The measure was introduced in May following concerns that an influx of Ukrainian produce had driven down local prices and decreased farmers' incomes.

But the Commission said such, quote, market distortions have disappeared.

In response, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia announced that they will maintain curbs of their own.

Russia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a percentage point to 13% as it tries to bring down inflation.

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