Disasters and accidents
At least 41 people are killed after a river bursts its bank in Bududa, Uganda. Many more are injured and dozens are displaced. (BBC)
Eight children die and three are injured when the wall of a house collapses in the suburban area of Sukkur, Pakistan. (Dawn News) (Samaa TV)
A mudslide in the central Colombian town of Marquetalia results in at least twelve deaths. (AP via ABC America)
The collapse of a shopping mall under construction in the Mexican city of Monterrey results in at least seven deaths and nine people missing. 15 others are injured. (AP via ABC News America)
Three people are killed and two are injured after a lorry crashes into a minibus in Thatcham, England. (BBC)
2018 European floods
Heavy floods affect France and Italy: in the French city of Sainte Maxime, two people drown after their vehicle is swept away by floodwater. In the Italian city of Cagliari, a woman is found dead inside her car, while another man is missing. A bridge also collapses and roads are damaged. (BBC)
2018 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Michael is downgraded to a tropical storm, but tornadoes are spotted in Georgia and Florida. (Business Insider)
International relations
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople plans to recognize the autocephaly of two Ukrainian Orthodox Churches, a move welcomed by Ukrainian leaders and denounced as "catastrophic" by the Russian Orthodox Church. (RFE/RL)