The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas rose to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams press on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris for scores of people still missing.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM party says a delegation has met with President Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the disarmament process of Kurdistan Workers Party militants.

Norman Tebbit, an outspoken former British MP and loyal supporter of Margaret Thatcher who only just survived a deadly 1984 bomb attack, has died. He was 94.

The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas has reached at least 78, including at least 28 children.

The dispute between Republican President Donald Trump and his main campaign financier Elon Musk took another fractious turn on Saturday.

Some 43 people, including 15 children, have been confirmed dead following flash floods in Texas as rescuers continue a frantic search for campers, vacationers and residents still missing.

Hamas says it has responded in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and is prepared to enter into talks on implementing the deal, which envisages a release of hostages and negotiations on ending the conflict.

Torrential rains have unleashed deadly flash floods along the Guadalupe River in south-central Texas, killing at least 13 people and initially leaving nearly two-dozen girls missing from a riverfront summer camp