Russian airstrike hits crowded mall in Ukraine

More than a dozen people have died and at least 36 remain missing as firefighters search for survivors. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Russian airstrike hits crowded mall in Ukraine [Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a shopping center burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, June 27, 2022.] Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Ukraine A Russian airstrike has struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine, killing more than a dozen people in the city of Kremenchuk. Firefighters are still [searching for survivors]( in the rubble, with authorities saying that at least 36 people remain missing. Russia has escalated bombardments of Ukrainian cities this week, and Western leaders — gathering for a series of high-level meetings — [condemned the attack](. The war in Ukraine is high on the agenda for the G-7 and NATO summits this week, as Western allies continue to sanction Moscow and pledge more arms and assistance to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. United States Around 50 people, believed to be migrants, have been [found dead in a semitruck]( in San Antonio, Texas. An official speaking anonymously said that the migrants are believed to be mostly from Mexico, as well as Guatemala and Honduras. About 16 others, including children, were taken alive to hospitals, but suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. They were discovered amid an ["unprecedented" operation]( by US federal authorities to disrupt human smuggling networks as more migrants try to cross the US-Mexico border. Colombia At least 49 inmates have died in a prison riot in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua. The head of the national prisons agency is calling it one of the worst recent incidents of its kind in the country. 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