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Trump Vs Biden LIVE News | Russia Vs Ukraine War Update LIVE | China News | Typhoon Doksuri LIVE Several drones were shot down overnight, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. The building's glass facade was damaged but no injuries have been reported. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv usually makes no comments on the issue. It has also not reacted to a Russian statement on Tuesday that three Ukrainian unmanned boats trying to attack Russian naval ships in the Black Sea had been destroyed. The Moscow mayor said the IQ-Quarter Tower 1 building's "glazing was destroyed over 150 sq m". Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack". Moscow's Vnukovo airport was also briefly closed, Russian news agencies reported. Moscow has repeatedly accused Ukraine of carrying out drone strikes on its territory in recent months, including one on the Kremlin - President Vladimir Putin's official residence in the capital - back in May. ----------- President Biden is heading into the 2024 presidential contest on firmer footing than a year ago, with his approval rating inching upward and once-doubtful Democrats falling into line behind his re-election bid, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll. Mr. Biden appears to have escaped the political danger zone he resided in last year, when nearly two-thirds of his party wanted a different nominee. Now, Democrats have broadly accepted him as their standard-bearer, even if half would prefer someone else. Still, warning signs abound for the president: Despite his improved standing and a friendlier national environment, Mr. Biden remains broadly unpopular among a voting public that is pessimistic about the country’s future, and his approval rating is a mere 39 percent. Perhaps most worryingly for Democrats, the poll found Mr. Biden in a neck-and-neck race with former President Donald J. Trump, who held a commanding lead among likely Republican primary voters even as he faces two criminal indictments and more potential charges on the horizon. Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump were tied at 43 percent apiece in a hypothetical rematch in 2024, according to the poll. -------------- China replaced two leaders of an elite unit managing its nuclear arsenal, triggering speculation of a purge. General Li Yuchao who headed the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Rocket Force unit and his deputy had "disappeared" for months. Former deputy navy chief Wang Houbin and party central committee member Xu Xisheng were named as replacements. This is the biggest unplanned shake-up in Beijing's military leadership in almost a decade. "The latest purge is significant… [as] China is undertaking one of the most profound changes in nuclear strategy in decades," said Lyle Morris, a foreign policy and national security fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute. -------------- The persistent downpour in China has led to 11 deaths in Beijing, as it rained for the fourth consecutive day in China’s capital. The Chinese state media also reported another 27 missing cases amid flooding in the mountains surrounding the capital. So What is happening in China? Seasonal flooding hits large parts of China every summer. But this time, a train of typhoons has caused non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding in China. Some northern regions reported the worst floods in 50 years. After a week of Typhoon Talim, China has been hit by Typhoon Doksuri, which is one of the strongest storms to hit the country in years. Doksuri swept through coastal Fujian last week, leading to $2.06 billion in damage and affecting almost 2.7 million people. Between the morning of July 30 and July 31, 2023, Beijing recorded an average of 260mm of rainfall. The city government said the rainfall over the past few days has exceeded records from a severe storm in 2012 when the city received 190.3mm of rain in one day. #russiaukrainewar #donaldtrump #joebiden #china #typhoondoksuri #englishnewslive n18oc_world
