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More than 100 people were killed in a fire at a wedding party in Iraq, tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians rush to flee Nagorno-Karabakh, and the pressure on China Evergrande intensifies.

Plus, an "unprecedented" climate trial kicks off at the European Court of Human Rights.

By Edson Caldas

Today's Top News

A fire ripped through a large events hall in Hamdaniya district in Iraq's Nineveh province. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily

More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Iraq's Nineveh province. Civil defense was searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors in the early hours of today. Iraq's Interior Ministry said it had issued four arrest warrants for owners of the wedding hall.
France's ambassador to Niger left the country early this morning, around one month after the military government ordered his expulsion and days after President Emmanuel Macron said the diplomat would be pulled out and French troops withdrawn.
Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves took 32 European governments to court, arguing their failure to act on climate change is a violation of their human rights. It is the largest climate case ever to be heard by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

US NEWS

The fourth partial shutdown of the US government in a decade is four days away, with House Republicans preemptively rejecting a bipartisan bill advancing in the Senate that would fund agencies through mid-November. Reuters' Lewis Krauskopf gives us the markets' view on the looming shutdown - listen here.
Former US President Donald Trump's rivals are running out of time to halt his march to the 2024 Republican presidential nomination unless one emerges as a clear alternative in their second debate, party strategists say. Here are the candidates set to be on stage.
Yesterday, a New York judge found Trump and his family business fraudulently inflated the value of his properties and other assets, in a major defeat for the former US president. The decision will make it easier for state Attorney General Letitia James to establish damages at a scheduled Oct. 2 trial.
Senator Bob Menendez is set to appear in court to face charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen. More than one-third of all Democratic Senators, including Cory Booker who also hails from New Jersey, have called on Menendez to resign since the charges were unveiled.

Business & Markets

Profits at China's industrial firms extended a double-digit drop for the first eight months, but the pace of declines eased slightly as a flurry of policy support steps has started to stabilize parts of the economy. The 11.7% year-on-year fall in profits narrowed from a 15.5% contraction for the first seven months.
In more news from China, the chairman of Evergrande Group, Hui Ka Yan, has been placed under police surveillance, Bloomberg News reported, raising more doubts about the embattled developer's future as it grapples with mounting prospects of liquidation. Here is our explainer.
Ford's decision to hit the brakes on a planned $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan highlights a challenge for Tesla's growing crowd of rivals in the US market: Tesla is pushing most of them into unprofitable, low-volume niches. For more news on the industry, sign up to the Auto File newsletter.
PwC Australia gave multiple clients confidential information leaked from Australian government tax briefings, the company said, the first admission that clients other than Google received leaked government tax plans. The firm says clients were not told the information was confidential.
London's office market is in "rental recession" as empty workspace across the West End, City and Canary Wharf business hubs hits a 30-year high, analysts at Jefferies said. They estimated a 20% contraction in office usage due to hybrid working and tenants' growing preference for greener buildings in the suburbs.

In Pictures

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region arrive in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians are rushing to flee Nagorno-Karabakh after a military operation by Azerbaijan that has recast the contours of the post-Soviet South Caucasus. So far more than 28,000 of the 120,000 Armenians of Karabakh have crossed in the border into Armenia.

See our photo gallery.

And Finally...

Cui Chenxi's eye-catching performance featured several 'Ollies' and a huge move off a high rail, which several of her competitors avoided. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Cui Chenxi became China's youngest Asian Games gold medalist after the 13-year-old skateboarder won the women's street event on day four of competition in Hangzhou. Cui took gold ahead of compatriot Zeng Wenhui, 18, with Japanese 16-year-old Miyu Ito taking bronze.

Read more here: Skateboarder Cui becomes China's youngest Asian Games gold medalist

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