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Sen Lindsey Graham, an influential American politician at home and abroad was eulogised during memorial services in Washington. Graham served more than 3 years in the Senate for his home state of South Carolina. He died earlier this month at 71.

A 7.1 magntude earthquake shook Japan's southern main island of Kyushu causing a shopping centre to collapse. The Kyodo newsagency said 20 to 30 employees were missing while several other people were taken to a hospital.

French police ordered 4000 people to evacuate along the Atlantic coast as firefighters fight a wildfire west of Bordeaux. The blaze in the Gironde region has burned an area four times the size of Paris and forced 220,000 people to evacuate.