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Oct 2024
28m 33s

Rescuers race to find Spanish flood surv...

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Rescue efforts continue in Spain to find survivors of flash flooding which have killed more than 100 people. Also: super typhoon hits Taiwan, and North Korea tests its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile.

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