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Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Monday, including an Israeli army strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah that killed 30 Palestinians, the death toll from a landslide in Papua New Guinea rising to 670 and North Korea warning Seoul of military action over alleged violations of the de facto western maritime border.

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• At least 30 killed as Israel targets camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah: Gaza Media Office
  

At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured as Israel targeted a camp for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday, said medical sources and officials.

The attack occurred near the logistics base of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Tal al-Sultan, said the Gaza Media Office.

Israeli aircraft targeted several tents in the area, the media office said, adding that missiles and 2,000-pound bombs were used.

Earlier, Gaza’s civil defense force said it transported 50 people, including dead and injured, after the bombing. The targeted area sheltered at least 100,000 displaced people, it said.

• Death toll from Papua New Guinea landslide rises to 670
  

The death toll from a massive landslide that flattened a remote village in Papua New Guinea has risen to 670, the UN migration agency said.

More than 150 houses have been buried in Yambali village alone, Australian Broadcasting Corporation news reported, citing Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the UN migration agency's mission in Papua New Guinea.

Rescuers searched through earth and rubble for the third day on Sunday for possible survivors of the massive landslide that struck the Pacific country's remote highlands, local and international media reported.

• North Korea warns South Korea of military action over alleged 'violations' at sea border
  

North Korea warned that it would take action against archrival South Korea for alleged violations of the de facto western maritime border.

The fresh warning came a day before South Korean, Chinese and Japanese leaders are set to meet in Seoul for a trilateral dialogue, Seoul-based Yonhap News reported.

North Korea's supreme military leadership directed its army on Friday to take offensive action against the infringement on its sovereignty, the country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, citing a statement from Vice Defense Minister Kim Kang Il.

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• A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal that has intensified into a severe cyclone made landfall on Bangladesh’s coast, forcing authorities to evacuate over 800,000 people.
  
• Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his Spanish and Qatari counterparts in Brussels, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
  
• United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said it successfully destroyed an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) over the Red Sea launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
  
• Another two Israeli soldiers died from fighting in the Gaza Strip.
  
• One person was killed and three others were injured in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon.
  
• Twelve people were injured due to turbulence on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin.
  
• Dozens of worshippers are feared dead after a mosque collapsed in Nigeria’s Lagos state.
  
• The death toll from a Russian airstrike on a hypermarket in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday rose to 16.
  
• The Palestinian resistance group Hamas said it has not yet been informed by mediators about the resumption of indirect negotiations with Israel to reach a cease-fire and hostage swap deal in the Gaza Strip.
  
• The Israeli army detained at least 20 Palestinians from areas across the occupied West Bank.
  
• Houthi rebels released 113 prisoners as part of a humanitarian initiative announced earlier.
  
• The death toll rose to 27 from a massive fire in a gaming zone in India's western state of Gujarat.
  

SPORTS

• Panathinaikos win 1st Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title since 2011
  

Greek basketball club Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens beat Real Madrid 95-80 on Sunday to win the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title, their first since 2011.

Real Madrid led the game at Berlin's Uber Arena 54-49 by the end of the second quarter, but Turkish coach Ergin Ataman's men fought during the rest of the game to emerge victorious.

In the third quarter, Real Madrid scored only seven points, but Panathinaikos racked up 15 to lead the showdown.

Panathinaikos dominated Real Madrid 95-80 and won this season's title after scoring 31 points in the fourth quarter while Real Madrid tallied 19.

• Gasperini masterminds Atalanta's historic Europa League trophy
  

Italian Serie A underdogs Atalanta won a historic UEFA Europa League trophy under Gian Piero Gasperini's helm by beating German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen 3-0.

Despite their famed youth system, the club, based in Bergamo, Lombardy, achieved their second major title after the 1962-63 Coppa Italia trophy.

After being relegated from Serie A and then promoted back to the top Italian football league several times, the black-and-blue club have reached new heights since Gasperini took the helm in 2016.