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At least 133 people have died in the devastating floods across western Germany.
The search for survivors continues as hundreds of people are still missing.
Almost 700 residents had to be evacuated from the town of Wassenberg near Cologne after a dam broke on Friday.
The floods, which have been dubbed the country's worst natural disaster in half a century, have cut off the power supply and communications in the region. 
People evacuated by boat in Greece as wildfires rage
Scores of people on the Greek island of Evia fled to the shore to be evacuated by boat on Wednesday as a rapidly spreading wildfire tore through surrounding pine forests, leaving gutted buildings in its wake.
WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September, its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
Three dead, more than 40 injured in Czech train crash
Three people died and eight were seriously injuried after a fast train from Munich collided with a commuter passenger train in the Czech Republic on Wednesday.
Belarus sprinter leaves Tokyo for Vienna after refusing to go home
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo aboard a flight to Vienna on Wednesday, less than 72 hours after refusing to return home with her team.
Blast in Afghan capital as Taliban battle government forces
An explosion near a facility of Afghanistan's main security agency in the capital, Kabul, on Wednesday wounded two civilians and a security official, police said.
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