Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 5 - China.org.cn

2022-09-10 04:22:41 By : Mr. Steve Wang

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli army said on Monday that there is "a high possibility" that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by errant Israeli fire during a fire exchange in the occupied West Bank, according to a military investigation into the case.

Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist, was killed while covering an Israeli military raid in the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank on May 11. She was then wearing a vest marked "Press" and a helmet. (Israel-Killing-Al Jazeera Journalist)

BUDAPEST -- Seven people have died after a car collided with a train in southern Hungary early Monday, police said.

The driver of the car and its six passengers were all killed in the crash, which took place near the town of Kunfeherto, close to the Serbian border. None of the passengers of the train were harmed by the collision, but the driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries. (Hungary-Accident)

ABUJA -- At least 14 yellow fever deaths were recorded across 10 states in Nigeria between January and July, the country's center for disease control has said.

A total of 1,179 suspected cases of the disease were reported from 416 local government areas of the most populous African country between Jan. 1 and July 31, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said in its latest periodic report on Sunday night. (Nigeria-Yellow Fever-Toll)

HARARE -- A measles outbreak has so far killed 698 people in Zimbabwe since its onset in April this year, with 50 having died during the first four days of September, according to health ministry data.

The Ministry of Health and Child Care said 85 new cases were recorded on Sunday, although there were no deaths; on Saturday, the country recorded 172 new cases and 13 deaths. (Zimbabwe-Measles) Enditem