September 12, 2023: Kim Jong Un in Russia, Libya flood, Morocco quake, US takes on Google, Taiwan

September 12, 2023: Kim Jong Un in Russia, Libya burst dam, Morocco quake, US takes on Google, Taiwan

1. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia, a source told Reuters on Tuesday, for what the Kremlin said would be a comprehensive discussion with President Vladimir Putin - amid warnings from Washington they should not trade weapons.

2. About a quarter of Libya's eastern city of Derna was wiped out after dams burst in a storm, the administration in the area said on Tuesday, and the Red Cross said 10,000 people were feared to be missing across the country in floods.

3. Many survivors of Morocco's most powerful earthquake in over a century were struggling in makeshift shelters on Tuesday after a fourth night outside, with rescuers yet to reach remote mountain villages which suffered some of the worst devastation.

4. The United States will argue that Google did not play by the rules in its efforts to dominate online search, as a trial seen as a battle for the soul of the internet gets underway before a federal judge in Washington.

5. China is bolstering its air power along the coast facing Taiwan with a permanent deployment of new fighters and drones at expanded air bases, Taiwan's defence ministry said on Tuesday in its biennial report.

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