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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Spain's eastern province of Valencia was hit hard by intense flooding last week.</li><li>The government has pledged $11 billion to help it recover, but local authorities want $34 billion.</li></ul>Spain said it will give about $11 billion to help restore Valencia after flash floods hammered the province last week — but local authorities there want three times that amount.Historic, deadly flash floods — brought about by torrential rainfall — hit the area last week, killing at least 211, regional emergency services <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/GVA112/status/1853698255730942163">said</a> on Wednesday.Spain's State Meteorological <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spain-flooding-51-dead-in-valencia-region-economic-hub-2024-10">Agency</a> said last week that it was the province's most severe storm since 1987.During a press conference on Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his government had <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/sanchezcastejon/status/1853796678265938374">approved</a> $11.55 billion in loans and grants to help storm and flood victims.However, a day earlier, the province's president, Carlos Mazón, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/carlos_mazon_/status/1853555363678728545">said</a> local authorities had asked for an initial package equivalent to about $34 billion."The measures will serve to rebuild, relaunch, and mitigate the effects" of the storm, Mazón told reporters.<div type="image" title="Satellite images of the Valencia province before and after flash floods on October 25, 2022 (left), and October 30, 2024 (right)." height="480" width="640" msid="114986283" hostid="261" sizebytes="62758"></div>On Saturday, Valencia's Chamber of Commerce <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.camaravalencia.com/noticias/informe-sobre-danos-provocados-por-la-dana-en-los-municipios-mas-afectados-y-consecuencias-sobre-la-actividad-economica/">estimated</a> that up to 4,500 businesses had suffered notable damage, with potentially 1,800 severely impacted.The floods affected many economic sectors, including agriculture, industry, and services, it said.Automaking remains Valencia's most <a target="_blank" href="https://www.investinspain.org/en/regions/comunidad-valenciana/industrias-destacadas?#nameRegion">important industry</a>.Cristina del Rey, the communications director for Ford Spain, told BI last week that her company's Valencia plant had not suffered direct damage from the floods but was shut on Wednesday and Thursday.According to a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://fundacionaon.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BAROMETRO-DE-CATASTROFES-2021.pdf">report</a> from the Aon Spain Foundation, a private foundation that works to prevent and assist with natural disasters, the annual cost of natural disasters in Spain between 2016 and 2021, including floods, was between $940 million and $2.5 billion.Local authorities on Sunday <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/GVA112/status/1853692672327721128/photo/1">said</a> that the heavy rains — part of a phenomenon known as "cold drops" — had caused "unprecedented" damage to infrastructure and human life.The provisional death toll put it among the most serious natural disasters in Western Europe in recent years. Widespread flooding in July 2021 killed more than 200 people in Belgium, Germany, and surrounding countries.At a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ynJODVpRdXxR">press conference</a> on Tuesday, Sánchez declared Valencia a disaster area, paving the way for extra funding for local authorities.He said about 15,000 soldiers and police officers had been dispatched to the province, as well as 287 forest brigaders, around a hundred customs officers, 44 forensic physicians, and 600 specialized vehicles for pumping, cleaning, and supplying the affected areas.Sánchez added that 98% of affected households now had power, and about 25 miles of roads and 46 miles of railway tracks had been repaired."We must continue working with more resources, more coordination, and greater effort until normality returns to all the municipalities and to all the homes affected by this tragedy," he said.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A soldier in Ukraine's first wave at Kursk said Russian troops were unarmed and not expecting an attack.</li><li>He told <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.ft.com/content/bc695adf-bd17-4242-b4bc-82235a97edbf">the FT</a> that his Stryker unit found its enemies "drinking coffee at a table."</li></ul>A Ukrainian soldier who participated in the first forays of last week's Kursk incursion said his unit caught Russian troops completely by surprise as the latter were having coffee.His account, published by <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.ft.com/content/bc695adf-bd17-4242-b4bc-82235a97edbf">The Financial Times</a>, adds to a chorus of assessments that Russia had been <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kursk-russia-looks-caught-off-guard-by-ukraine-attack-2024-8">unprepared and blindsided</a> by Ukraine's rare cross-border attack on August 6.The FT wrote that the soldier, identified as Volodymyr, was part of a unit operating a US-provided Stryker armored fighting vehicle.Volodymyr told the outlet that his unit entered Kursk in the late morning of August 6, and soon found a group of Russian troops "sitting in the forest, drinking coffee at a table.""Then our Stryker drives right into their table," he said, per the FT."We killed many of them on the first day. Because they were unarmed and didn't expect us," he added.Volodymyr said "dozens" of other Russian troops surrendered afterward.The FT's Ukraine correspondent, Christopher Miller, wrote that he interviewed Volodymyr's crew on Sunday when they returned to Ukraine.Their Stryker had been struck by a rocket-propelled grenade on Friday, which gave the driver a concussion, Miller reported.Ukraine's attack on Kursk has recentered global attention on the war to southern Russia, though fighting remains fierce and dire for Kyiv's troops on the older frontline in the east.Ukrainian leaders claimed on Monday to have <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-captured-hundreds-square-miles-russian-territory-general-2024-8">seized 1,000 square kilometers</a>, or about 380 square miles, of Russian soil, as well as 74 villages and towns.The fog of war has made it difficult to assess the true progress of day-to-day battle — unusual for a conflict that's been characterized by an excess of war footage posted online. Ukraine <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-west-in-the-dark-ahead-ukraine-kursk-assault-report-2024-8">said nothing officially about its attack for days</a>, even after its forces were spotted fighting miles past Russian defensive lines.Meanwhile, the Kremlin has, since the initial days of the incursion, called the Ukrainian attack a "terror" operation and repeatedly said it had stopped Kyiv's advance.But geolocated footage and reports from the ground suggest Ukraine is still pushing deeper into Kursk even after those claims. The speed at which Ukraine was able to force its way into Russia has surfaced new questions about the region's military preparedness and intelligence."The Ukrainian operations across the border in the Kursk and, possibly, Belgorod regions have been of longer duration and reach than either the Russians or Ukrainians initially expected," US Navy Ret. Vice Adm. Robert Murrett told Business Insider in an email.The Kremlin <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kursk-ukraine-exploited-russias-dysfunctional-military-command-2024-8">is still consolidating its defense of Kursk</a>, with Russian leader Vladimir Putin vowing that Ukraine would receive a "worthy response.""The next two to three days will be critical for both sides as this 'Battle of Kursk' takes on additional significance," added Murrett, who is now deputy director of Syracuse University's Institute for Security Policy and Law.Notably, Russian state media has not made any mention of an "invasion," instead referring to a "situation" in the country's south, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/BBCSteveR/status/1823311156427243713">according to the BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg.</a>Press services for the Russian defense ministry and the Kremlin did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

A Ukrainian soldier said Russian troops in Kursk were 'sitting in the forest and drinking coffee,' unaware they were being invaded

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Wildlife photographer Atsuyuki Ohshima captured a rare interaction between a macaque and a deer.</li><li>The photographer says the macaque took a ride on the deer just for fun.</li></ul>They <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japanese-snow-monkeys-bathe-in-hot-springs-stress-2018-4">lounge in hot tubs</a>, have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gay-behaviors-common-monkeys-give-them-evolutionary-edge-2023-7">active sex lives</a>, and sometimes, take joyrides. Macaques are living the life.Photographer Atsuyuki Ohshima captured a rare photo of one monkey's cowboy behavior. The photo, taken on Japan's Yakushima Island, is titled "Forest Rodeo." Ohshima snapped the photo just after <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-g20-summit-cardboard-cutout-monkeys-scare-macaques-new-delhi-2023-9">the monkey</a> catapulted itself onto a sika deer, using a tree as a springboard, he described on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/atykosm/">Instagram</a>.Macaques have been observed riding sika deer before, <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-016-0593-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scientists said</a>. As Ohshima suggested, sometimes the monkeys just take the rides for fun. <div type="image" title="Japanese macaque snow monkey" height="2000" width="2668" msid="103617755" hostid="261"></div>These native Japanese species have long coexisted and even share a symbiotic relationship, <a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/39437-japanese-snow-monkey-macaque-humping-sika-deer-video">Inverse reported</a>.The deer clean up after the monkeys, eating the fruit the primates leave behind. In return, the monkeys <a href="https://www.insider.com/cute-animal-photos-love">groom the deers</a>, hopping on their backs to pull off bugs.But other times, a macaque's motivations may be less pure.Both male and <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-017-1129-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">female macaques</a> have been caught trying to get it on with sika deer during mating season, like in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3H-886XkN4&amp;ab_channel=Jean-BaptisteLeca">the video</a> below at around eight seconds in: Ohshima said that didn't seem to be occurring in this case in the <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/august/first-look-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-59.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official caption</a> for the photo on the Natural History Museum's website.The frame is one of 16 highly commended photos in this year's <a href="https://www.insider.com/take-a-look-at-the-shortlist-wildlife-photographer-of-year-2022-9">Wildlife Photographer of the Year</a> competition. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. The judges for this year's contest sorted through 49,957 entries from hopeful photographers across 95 countries. The panel of judges chose 100 photos to display in London on October 13. The winners of the 59th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition will be announced on October 10.

Rare photo shows a macaque riding a deer for fun in a Japanese forest

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Ukrainian drone blew up a Russian bunker in eastern Ukraine, officials said.</li><li>A video shows a first-person view of the drone moving through a forest at around chest height.</li></ul>Video from Ukraine shows a drone flying through dense forest and inside what officials said was a Russian bunker.Ukraine said the video shows its troops attacking a Russian outpost in the Luhansk region.<a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/adamtactic/373">The first-person footage</a> was published last week by the Ukrainian military's Adam Tactical Group and reposted by the OSTINTtechnical account on X.The video is striking because of the level of precision shown by the drone, which moves through the forest just a few feet above the ground and navigates a corner to find its target. Insider was unable to verify the footage itself.It was taken in a dense forest west of Kreminna, a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk, the Adam group said in a Telegram post.The attack was in collaboration with Ukraine's 67th Mechanized Brigade, it said.<div type="image" title="Russian dugout" height="1568" width="2240" msid="103935527" hostid="261" sizebytes="72076"></div>The undated footage shows the drone hunting around the forest for roughly a minute before it reaches a structure covered in camouflage nets.The clip has the beginning of "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns N' Roses as its soundtrack.<div type="image" title="drone footage" height="1584" width="2238" msid="103935528" hostid="261" sizebytes="49284"></div>The drone then appears to fly inside the position before blowing up. The Adam footage then cuts to an aerial clip of smoke streaming from a forest, seeming to show the aftermath of the strike.The Adam Tactical Group is run by Colonel Yevhen "Adam" Mezhevikin, who was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine earlier this year for his efforts in the highly-contested city of Bakhmut, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2023/06/28/7408831/">according to the outlet Ukrainian Pravda.</a><div type="image" title="Drone footage" height="1562" width="2236" msid="103935529" hostid="261" sizebytes="50112"></div>Drones have been a key part of Ukrainian military strategy during its counteroffensive this summer.In the last few weeks, they helped destroy a $500 million <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-destroyed-russian-air-defense-system-with-cruise-missiles-report-2023-9?r=US&amp;IR=T">Russian air defense system,</a> sank large <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-shows-moment-ukraine-drone-strike-destroys-russian-vessel-war-2023-9">Russian naval vessels,</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russia-war-drone-strikes-shut-down-moscow-airports-again-2023-8">shut down Moscow-area airports</a>.Russia is retaliating by attempting to take down the Ukrainian drones via electronic jamming and stockpiling cheap drones of its own — mainly from China, <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/russias-army-learns-from-its-mistakes-in-ukraine-a6b2eb4">The Wall Street Journal reported</a>.Russia's Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Wild video shows Ukrainian drone flying through dense forest into a Russian hideout before exploding, military says       

<ul class="summary-list"><li>More than 5,000 people gathered together at Tonto National Forest early April for an illegal party.</li><li>Forest officials were patrolling near the area when they found the unauthorized event.</li><li><a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/specialuses/special_non_com_uses.shtml?fbclid=IwAR2zQK36OJj4rBY4gjKX_V7e2pLARY-9g1_nTym2ydP2Ze5bl2_JStCICMA#sp-noncom-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A permit is required</a> for non-commercial groups of 75 or more to use or occupy forest service land.</li></ul>Forest protection officers in <keyword id="57493" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Arizona">Arizona</keyword> broke up an unauthorized and illegal party that gathered more than 5,000 people together at Tonto National Forest last Saturday.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TontoNationalForest/posts/1165993700488041">In a Facebook post,</a> the U.S. Forest Service wrote that officials were patrolling near the Lower Sycamore Creek Recreation Area on April 3 when they discovered thousands of people who were gathering illegally.Officials say campers and partiers restricted access by taping off sections of the main road to designate their camping area and vehicles were parked all along the main roads."Two quads colliding -- one person was medevac'd out by helicopter due to the restrictions caused by the partiers," forest service officials said.Investigators say violations for visitors included DUIs, double riding, speeding/reckless vehicle operation, user-created vehicle staging areas in the burned area, camps blocking roadways, illegal use of fireworks, and target shooting with unknown backstops.<a href="https://www.azfamily.com/news/authorities-break-up-illegal-weekend-party-with-over-5-000-people-in-tonto-national-forest/article_057ce036-9733-11eb-8ca8-d3508eed8a15.html">KPHO reported</a> that by the end of the night, there had been seven crashes and multiple reports of stolen off-highway vehicles. The Tonto National Forest did not immediately respond to Insider's request for additional comment.According to the agency, <a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/specialuses/special_non_com_uses.shtml?fbclid=IwAR2zQK36OJj4rBY4gjKX_V7e2pLARY-9g1_nTym2ydP2Ze5bl2_JStCICMA#sp-noncom-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a permit is required</a> for non-commercial groups of 75 or more to use or occupy forest service land.

Arizona officials broke up an illegal forest party with over 5,000 attendees

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Authorities found hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped near a stream in Old Bridge, New Jersey.</li><li>The motives behind the mysterious pasta dump are not publicly known.</li></ul>During the past week in Old Bridge, New Jersey, weather reports forecasted rain, cloudy days, and temperature lows hovering at 30 to 50 degrees — not 500 pounds of spaghetti.But locals were flummoxed that week when they learned that about 15 wheelbarrow loads of pasta, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/new-jersey-pasta-dump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to a local official</a>, were mysteriously dumped near a stream in the New Jersey township of about 65,000 people.Now, the incident has grasped national attention, and online spectators were quick to dish out their best pasta puns."We should send the perpetrators to the state penne tentiary," <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/comments/134q4ur/estimated_300400_lbs_of_pasta_dumped_in_old_bridge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one Reddit user wrote</a>."It was pasta expiration date," another user said.Some joked that the incident was the clear markings of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical character that pokes fun at religious movements. Users responded: "R'amen."The motives behind the pasta dump are unknown. The Old Bridge Township Police Department did not immediately return a request for comment.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/new-jersey-pasta-dump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to The New York Times</a>, Himanshu Shah, a town official, said in an email that the local public works department found "what appeared to be 15 wheelbarrow loads of illegal dumped pasta along a creek in a residential neighborhood."Nina Jochnowitz, who previously ran for council in the township and posted now-viral photos of the pasta, told the newspaper that the stream is common grounds for dumping old furniture and construction materials. But this time, someone thought it was an appropriate place to leave behind about 300 to 500 pounds of spaghetti, macaroni, and alphabet-shaped pasta, she said.Jochnowitz told the Times she eventually found out who dumped the pasta — it was not a restaurant, she said — but that she would not reveal their identity given the attention the incident has received. The incident appeared to come straight out of a page of Tomie DePaolo's children's 1975 classic, "Strega Nona." In the book, a local doofus named Big Anthony catches a witch named Strega Nona using a spell and a magic pasta pot to cook large amounts of spaghetti. Determined to prove his discovery to the rest of the town, the young man tries to use the pot and spell and accidentally conjures up enough pasta to nearly flood the entire town.Jochnowitz wrote on Facebook that town employees cleaned up the pasta dump, along with other garbage in the basin."As my friend called it, a 'Mission Impasteable'!!!" she said.

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