A drone attack in Sudan killed 24 people, including eight children, on Saturday, according to a doctors' group, while voters in several countries prepared to head to the polls amidst ongoing international crises and severe weather events. The attack, carried out by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), targeted a vehicle carrying displaced families near the city of Rahad in North Kordofan province, which is facing a severe medical supplies shortage. Among the dead were two infants, and several others were wounded, according to Sky News.
Meanwhile, Japan prepared for a snap election on Sunday, the first electoral test for the country's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. Her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was projected to win a decisive mandate, thanks to the support of younger voters, according to Sky News. The prime minister, who is considered ultra-conservative, is hoping to consolidate her position.
In Thailand, the country's months-long border dispute with Cambodia continued to cast a shadow over the upcoming election. Brief but deadly armed clashes in May of the previous year on a disputed section of the Thai-Cambodia border escalated into the deadliest fighting in a decade between the two countries, killing dozens of people and displacing hundreds of thousands, according to Al Jazeera. Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, of the Bhumjaithai Party, delivered a speech during a campaign rally in advance of the February 8 elections.
Elsewhere, the Iberian peninsula braced for more severe weather. Spain and Portugal were hit with a third storm in just weeks on Saturday, as the region struggled to recover from extended periods of heavy rain and deadly floods, Euronews reported. The latest depression, christened Storm Marta, prompted the deployment of more than 26,500 rescuers in Portugal, where the weather led three municipalities to postpone Sunday's presidential vote.
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