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The biggest of the six simultaneous blazes in Los Angeles in the Palisades' neighbourhood,

changed direction, threatening new areas on the western edge of the city.

At least 11 people have been killed.

More than 150,000 residents are under evacuation orders.

California's governor called for an independent investigation into why some hydrants failed at critical moments earlier this week.

Ukraine said it had captured two wounded North Korean soldiers in the Russian region of Kursk.

President Volodymy Zelenskyy said that the capture was a rare feat because wounded North Korean soldiers in the Russian region of Kursk. President Volodymy Zelensky said that the capture was a rare feat because wounded North Koreans would usually

be killed by their own side to erase any evidence of the country's involvement in the war,

a deployment that Ukrainian and Western sources estimate at 11,000 troops. The black boxes on the Jesuit air flight that

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