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World stocks fall for the fifth straight day as China fuels fears about its economy by allowing the yuan to weaken further. As Grace Pascoe reports a nuclear test by North Korea added to a growing list of geopolitical worries.
Falling commodity prices pulled Britain's FTSE down 0.6 percent, as China's economy slows. Hayley Platt reports.
The rising waters of the Bei River have nearly engulfed lampposts in flood-hit Qingyuan city in southern China, with the government issuing highest its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area. Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and causing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. IMAGES
Rescuers work to clear up rubble and debris after a strike hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukraine town of Sloviansk leaves rubble. According to local governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, Russian shelling killed at least five and injured more than a dozen others. IMAGES
Images show Chinese president Xi Jinping meeting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on the second, main day of his visit to Russia. During their meeting, Xi described Beijing and Moscow as "great neighbouring powers" and "strategic partners," saying China would "prioritise" ties with Russia. IMAGES
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