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Derailed the train. AP  

At least 50 dead and 300 injured in train accident in India  

At least 50 people are feared dead and more than 300 people have been injured in a train accident in India, Reuters reports.  

The accident occurred in the Baleshwar district of Odisha state in eastern India when a passenger train derailed and crashed into a stationary freight train. Rescue personnel are now working to get out more than 200 people who are feared to be stuck inside the train carriages.  

"In this moment of grief, my thoughts go to the bereaved families," wrote Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter.  

Deforestation in the Amazon. Edmar Barros / AP 

Brazil's meat industry has devoured over 800 million trees - in just six years 

Over 800 million trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in the last six years to make way for pasture and fodder for cows, The Guardian reports. This despite the many warnings about the importance of preserving the rainforest in the fight against climate change.  

The beef industry in Brazil has consistently pledged to avoid production that leads to deforestation. But data obtained by the news organization Bureau of Investigative Journalism indicates that 1.7 million hectares of the Amazon have been destroyed near facilities that produce and export large quantities of meat to the outside world. 

Tourists at Zampamisaki Park on the island of Okinawa, Japan, June 2, 2023. Hiro Komae/AP  

Typhoon Mawar Flooding and chaos as super typhoon engulfs Japan 

People are advised to stay indoors or seek shelter from Typhoon Mawar in central and western Japan, AP reports. Heavy rains have caused floods and mudslides in several places. On Saturday, large amounts of rain are expected to worsen the situation.  

Two people are said to have been washed away by a flooded river in the city of Wakayama, the TV channel NHK reports according to AP. In Tokyo, some schools closed on Friday afternoon. Express trains, flights and ferries were canceled in several places.  

In Japan, the typhoon has so far reached wind speeds of up to 82 kilometers per hour, but when it passed Guam last week, it exceeded the limit of a super typhoon, which reaches 241 kilometers per hour.