India suffers its worst train disaster in decades with the toll rising to 288 people dead and 850 injured.
Two civilians are killed and six wounded as Ukraine shells a village in the Russian region of Belgorod.
This comes as attacks in the area intensify.
10 people die in Senegal after violent clashes erupt following the sentencing of the main opposition leader to two years in prison for corruption.
Burkina Faso is listed as the world's most-neglected displacement crisis, for the first time, as Western states continue to focus aid efforts on Ukraine.