In the headlines
Flash floods triggered by Pakistan’s “monster monsoon” have left a third of the country under water, says The Guardian. Record rainfall since June has led to the deaths of more than 1,000 people and caused $10bn of damage. Ukraine’s military claims it has broken the Russian front line in a counter-offensive to retake the Kherson region. Officials say 13 Russian command posts and three ammunition depots have been destroyed; President Zelensky has warned occupying soldiers to “flee for their lives”. Britain could be overrun by abandoned venomous snakes and spiders this autumn, says the Daily Star, because hard-up owners can’t afford to keep their expensive heated tanks. “Bitemare.”