Caught in a rocket attack in Barda, Azerbaijan, our reporters captured the agony of an expanding war. There is every sign that the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan is escalating and the casualties are mounting. Above, the funeral of a 7-year-old girl killed by a rocket.
“Please help us,” said Yagubiya Hamidova, a cardiologist who had recently moved from a frontline town to Barda. “No one in the world knows what is happening to us.”
Here’s what else is happening
France attack: Two weeks after the beheading of a French schoolteacher, three people were killed in a knife assault at a church in Nice. Officials said it was an act of terrorism, and it was quickly followed by two similar events, though it was unclear if they were coordinated.
South Korea: The country’s Supreme Court upheld a 17-year sentence for former President Lee Myung-bak and ordered him sent back to prison. He was charged in 2018 with corruption, including accusations that he had collected millions in bribes from various sources.
Vietnam typhoon: Typhoon Molave slammed into central Vietnam and set off a series of landslides that buried villages and towns and left more than 60 people dead or missing. It was one of the biggest storms to hit the country in two decades.
Poland: Tens of thousands of women took to the streets on Wednesday in dozens of cities and towns for a nationwide strike to protest a top court’s decision to ban nearly all abortions, even as the nation’s leading politician urged his conservative supporters to “defend Poland.”
The New York Times
