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The news confirmed the worst fears of the families and friends of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, who were on a surf trip to Mexico's Pacific coast.

Western Australian police shot and killed a "radicalised" 16-year-old boy with a knife who had stabbed a man in a Perth car park, police and the state premier said Sunday.

Three bodies were found in Mexico's Baja California state, days after two Australians and an American went missing during a surfing trip.

The number of people who have lost their lives in devastating floods in Kenya since March has risen to 188, with dozens still missing. Torrential rains in Kenya and other countries in East Africa have caused havoc with deadly floods and landslides forcing people from their homes, destroying roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

Many belong to people living in major cities who have inherited them from relatives and who are unable or unwilling to keep them renovated. Authorities have stepped up calls on owners to demolish, sell or repurpose properties and have enacted a law designating more buildings as subject to official warnings.

Tuesday's event was the first in several planned engagements in the coming weeks and designed to raise awareness of the importance of early cancer diagnosis and highlight innovative research, Buckingham Palace said. Charles, who succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, was officially crowned king on May 6 last year.

Nicaragua has hauled Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand that judges impose emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons and other assistance.

The move follows almost two weeks of protests against Israel's war in Gaza that have swept through higher education institutions from coast to coast, after around 100 protesters were first arrested at Columbia on April 18.

At least 42 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, the local governor told AFP on Monday, as heavy rains and floods battered the country. The dam burst near Mai Mahiu in Nakuru county, washing away houses and cutting off a road, with rescuers digging through debris to find survivors.