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DPRK

Top leader meets with senior Russian official

Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met with the visiting Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Sergey Shoigu on Friday, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Saturday. Shoigu offered greetings and a signed letter from President Vladimir Putin, while Kim expressed his gratitude and conveyed his greetings, KCNA said. The two sides exchanged views on defending the security interests of the two countries as well as the regional and international situation, KCNA reported.

S. KOREA

Govt declares state of disaster over wildfires

The South Korean government declared a state of disaster on Saturday over wildfires that broke out in the country's southeastern areas including Ulsan, North Gyeongsang Province and South Gyeongsang Province, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said. A mountain fire first broke out in Sancheong County in the province of South Gyeongsang on Friday afternoon and it continued to spread on Saturday. More massive mountain fires erupted on Saturday morning in other parts of the southeastern regions. Four firefighters were reported dead and six were injured.

UNITED KINGDOM

Heathrow orders probe into shutdown

London's Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday and ordered a probe into how it dealt with a power outage that shut Europe's busiest air hub for almost a day. British Airways, whose main hub is Heathrow, said it has operated around 90 percent of its schedule on Saturday. Britain's energy ministry said it had commissioned the National Energy System Operator to carry out an urgent investigation into the outage that raised questions about the resilience of the country's critical infrastructure.

Xinhua - Agencies