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Lauren Herdman and Daniel Harris for MetDesk
Temperatures exceeding 40C trigger deadly thunderstorms, as Mali agency issues hot weather warning
Northern India has been experiencing early extreme heat this week as temperatures topped 40C (104F), including in the capital, New Delhi.… Read the rest
![The NRC’s head, Jan Egeland, in Goma. He described ‘overflowing latrines [and] 25 people sleeping in a classroom’, but added: ‘Money is not coming in.’ Photograph: Ed Prior/NRC](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/eb91fda8c9d43c524516b381dbe6712fcfa48bcc/0_151_3000_1801/master/3000.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none)
US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.
Last Sunday, a joint PRCS and UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) mission uncovered a shallow grave in Rafah.
Entire communities in central Myanmar have been devastated and the full scale of the earthquake disaster “remains unclear”, the UN’s top humanitarian coordinator in the country said on Monday.
Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi expressed the UN’s profound sorry at the immense loss of life stemming from Friday’s 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude quakes with the death toll rising to around 2,000, according to the country’s military junta.… Read the rest
Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade deal
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Canada will retaliate against “unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US vehicles, says Mark Carney.… Read the rest