#LosAngeles #fire officials provided an update on fire containment efforts as the region faces a second week of fierce winds that are turning #wildfires into blowtorches. #news #US #California #LA

The #energy crisis facing #Ecuador could get a lot worse: The hydroplant that produces 30% of its #power is on the verge of slipping into a sinkhole. Peter Millard explains. #worldnews

Russian #gas stopped flowing to #Europe via #Ukraine, closing off a route that’s operated for five decades after Kyiv refused to allow any transit that funds Moscow’s war machine, as Priscila Azevedo Rocha explains. #Russia #worldnews #politics #geopolitics

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the #US is considering sending American officials into #Syria to press for a smooth political transition. “We’ve been in direct contact, and we’re also looking at getting people on the ground in Syria,” Blinken said in an interview on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” #worldnews #politics #geopolitics

Local officials in the #French territory Mayotte fear as many as 1,000 people have died after Tropical #Cyclone Chido hit the archipelago off the coast of #Mozambique on Saturday. Emergency crews on Monday worked to rescue survivors amid scenes of devastation, with houses and schools destroyed and water, power and communications cut in what was the worst storm to hit the area in nearly a century. The death toll stood at 14 on Monday but local officials said it was likely higher. #weather #storm #worldnews #disaster