Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Authorities say more than 100 people in India were killed in a stampede when a crowd at a religious gathering rushed to leave a makeshift tent. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic following an event with Hindu figure Bhole Baba in northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh. Local news reports cited authorities who said heat and suffocation in the tent could have been a factor. Video of the aftermath showed the structure appeared to have collapsed. Police said at least 116 people died, most of them women and children. More than 80 others were injured and admitted to hospitals.

As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian voters say they are disenchanted ahead of the country’s runoff presidential election on Friday. It is only the second runoff vote since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979. Just under 40% of the voting public cast a ballot in the first poll last week. Public rage simmers after bloody crackdowns on dissent and years of Iran’s economy cratering to new lows. Hard-line former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili faces little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, who likely needs a widespread turnout to win the presidency. Those who told the AP they weren’t voting described their decision as their own, not part of an organized boycott.

British nurse already convicted of killing 7 babies found guilty in attempted killing

LONDON (AP) — A British neonatal nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others has been convicted of trying to kill another infant in her care. Lucy Letby was found guilty Tuesday of attempting to murder a baby girl in February 2016 after a previous jury could not reach a verdict on that count. The crimes took place between June 2015 and June 2016 at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwestern England. Letby is serving a life sentence with no chance of release.

Family killed as Israel evacuation order triggers panicked flight from Gaza’s second-largest city

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian families are streaming out of a southern Gaza city after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation of much of Khan Younis. One family fled north to a site inside an Israeli-declared safe zone, but hours later, an airstrike hit the building, killing 12 people, most of the women and children from the family. The evacuation order has also triggered a panicked flight of staff and patients from one of Khan Younis’ main hospital, which the Red Cross said could no longer function. The new exodus is the third in as many months, driving more Palestinians into packed tent camps with squalid conditions.