South Korean lawmakers have passed a bill that designates fine dust as a "social disaster", allowing the government to unlock emergency funds to tackle the issue.
This comes after record levels of fine dust blanketed most of the country in recent weeks, with the government under immense pressure to take action.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul:
Netanyahu: Israel wants to start peace talks with Lebanon 'as soon as possible'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has given an instruction for Israel to begin peace talks with Lebanon that would also include the disarming of Hezbollah.
Iran says peace talks would be 'unreasonable' following Israeli strikes
Iran's lead negotiator, parliament speaker Mohammed Bager Qalibaf, has suggested it would be "unreasonable" to proceed with talks to forge a permanent peace deal with the US after Israel pounded Lebanon with its heaviest strikes yet on Wednesday, killing hundreds.
Four dead as migrants try to board dinghy off northern France
Four people died after a group of migrants attempted to board an inflatable dinghy and cross the Channel from France to Britain, prompting a rescue operation off the coast of Calais, authorities said on Thursday.
Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon after huge attacks jeopardise truce
Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the Middle East ceasefire in further jeopardy after its biggest attacks of the war on its neighbour killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump's truce from the outset.
Israeli fire kills student in Gaza, medics say
Israeli forces shot and killed a young female student on Thursday while she was attending a class held in a tent in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, health and education officials said.
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