central city

The rebels are now battling the military near the central city of Hama, while the government’s key ally Russia is carrying out air strikes against them.

On Thursday, Ivory Coast's Security Council said it had carried out a series of raids on universities in Abidjan and the central city of Bouaké in which more than 100 machetes and grenades were seized.

Floods are already reported in the central city of Pescara, while the Italian meteorological service's weather alerts apply from the northern coast of Emilia-Romagna to the far-south.

On the same day as the changes were announced, a Russian strike on the central city of Poltava killed 51 people and injured a further 271.

In July this year, police said a vehicle crashed into a group of pedestrians in the central city of Changsha, killing eight people and injuring several others.