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1. They own 2 excavators in Gaza and can't keep up with demand as families dig for remains

   

   As the search for remains continues in Gaza, officials on the ground say there's a serious lack of heavy machinery like excavators to speed up the process of digging through the rubble. One family that owns two of the machines says the high cost of fuel and oil, and the lack of spare parts for maintenance, means they can't keep up with the demand for their services.

2. Hundreds of migrants in Spain's Ceuta enclave protest for asylum, against deportation to Morocco

   

   Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on Sunday, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum instead of sending them back to Morocco.

3. Driver in custody after bus in Hungary crashes into ditch, killing 12 and injuring at least 10

   

   A passenger bus carrying Polish tourists on a highway in Hungary went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing a dozen people and injuring at least 10 early Sunday, police said. The bus was travelling on eastbound lanes near Mezokeresztes around 140 kilometres east of Budapest.

4. At least 2 people killed as firefighters battle massive wildfires in Greece, Belgium

   

   Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens, where two people were killed on Sunday as hot and dry conditions fuelled fires across parts of Europe.

5. Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83

   

   Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83.