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At least one person is dead and four have been injured in a Paris shooting days after riots engulfed France.

One of those injured was a 12-year-old.

The incident occurred on Friday, France time, in Trappes, a southern Paris suburbs near historic Versailles. The Trappes mayor called it a “bloodbath”.

At least two victims from immigrant backgrounds and authorities are looking into whether it was a potential “terrorist” act.

Europe’s summer heat is estimated to have killed more than 50,000 people across hundreds of cities, with nearly two-thirds of those deaths attributed to human-caused climate change.

People aged 85 and over faced the highest death rates. More than 800 people aged between 20 and 44 were also estimated to have died.

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In Tibet, at least 16 people have been killed and 32 more injured when a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake.

At least 339 homes collapsed, according local authorities.

Huge earthquake rocks Tibet

And in the US, Karoline Leavitt has weighed in on the disastrous tenure of the woman who succeeded her as White House Press Secretary – and who lasted only five days.

Katie Zacharia left the role last weekend after a baptism of fire, struggling to answer questions in her initial press briefing and a series of TV interviews.

Read on for more updates.