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17/07/2023 05:06 GMT : Crimean Bridge traffic stopped due to ‘emergency’

Crimean Bridge traffic stopped due to ‘emergency’

BBC World Service - Newsday, Crimean Bridge traffic stopped due to ‘emergency’

The bridge across the Kerch Strait has been closed to traffic.

The bridge across the Kerch Strait has been closed to traffic and the local Russian-installed governor has appealed for calm.

Russian officials say two people have been killed during what they've called an emergency on the bridge linking southern Russia and the Crimean peninsula.

South Korea's president says the country's approach to dealing with extreme weather needs a "complete overhaul". Yoon Suk Yeol was speaking after a disaster response meeting called following a weekend of torrential rain that's killed nearly 40 people.

And a verdict is due in Held v Montana -- the first constitutional climate trial in US history.

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