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⭘ Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will work day and night to find people who may be stranded and unable to call for help.

⭘ The death toll from devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country rose to 24 Friday night.

⭘ "Between 23 and 25" campers are still believed to be missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls camp, officials said Friday night.

⭘ Camp Mystic, a 99-year-old Christian summer camp for girls in Texas Hill Country, was hosting 750 children this week when catastrophic flooding struck the Guadalupe River early Friday, leaving at least 25 children missing

⬤ Even in places, like Central Texas, with a long history of floods, human-caused warming is creating the conditions for more frequent and severe deluges.

⭘ The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said, without providing proof, that Hamas had attacked an aid site.

⭘ Hopes that pause to the killing may be agreed were boosted despite 24 Palestinians being killed including 10 seeking aid

⭘ Hamas announced that it had given a thumbs-up to the latest ceasefire proposal, but added that further talks were needed.

⭘ Two American veterans working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were injured in a grenade attack while distributing aid. The organization said the international community ignored its warnings about Hamas' threats.

⬤ It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, have undercut Israel's standing among the world's democracies.

⬤ Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have been trying to address for years.

⬤ Low environmental standards helped China become the world's low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on helping the industry.