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A fire at a primary school dormitory which killed at least 17 children in central Kenya is an "injury to the republic", interior Minister Kithure Kindiki says in a statement during a visit to the scene where he also offered condolences to families of the victims. "The country has woken up this morning to very devastating news," he says. "This injury is not an injury to Nyeri county, it's an injury to the republic of Kenya." SOUNDBITE
Delegates arrive inside the United Center where the Democratic National Convention will soon begin its third day of events, when Tim Walz will officially accept the nomination to be Kamala Harris's White House running mate. IMAGES
Images of the United Center venue in Chicago, Illinois, on the third day of the Democratic National Convention. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is set to officially accept the nomination to be Kamala Harris's White House running mate and will address the crowd later Wednesday. IMAGES
Gerald Darmanin is voting in Tourcoing, in northern France, for someone who has given him a proxy, for the second round of the legislative elections. The French Interior Minister himself voted earlier in the day. IMAGES
Beryl has restrengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory. IMAGES
The president and vice chair of Microsoft, Brad Smith, announces that the company "will invest and spend $3.2 billion in the next two years here in Sweden to build out world-leading, world-class AI data center infrastructure". It is the company's biggest investment in the country to date. SOUNDBITE