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NIGERIA

Flood death toll crosses 150

The death toll from deadly flooding in a market town in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger rose to 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said. Torrents of predawn rainfall on Thursday unleashed the devastating flood on Mokwa, nearly 380 kilometers west of capital Abuja. The spokesman for the Niger state emergency service, Ibrahim Audu Husseini, confirmed the fatality count to The Associated Press on Saturday.

RUSSIA

7 killed as bridges collapse in 'blasts'

The collapse of two bridges in Russian regions bordering Ukraine that killed seven people were caused by explosions, officials said on Sunday. In the Bryansk region, a blast caused a road bridge to collapse onto a railway line on Saturday night, derailing a train carrying 388 passengers to Moscow and killing seven people, authorities said. A rail bridge in the neighboring Kursk region was blown up just hours later, derailing a freight train and injuring the driver. Russia's Investigative Committee said the incidents had been "classified as acts of terrorism", without elaborating.

Agencies - Xinhua