Today’s international headlines:
-Pakistan flood death toll rises to nearly 1,200 killed, 400+ children
-USSR former president Mikhail Gorbachev dies at age 91
-21M people on lockdown in Chengdu due to new covid cases
-Pope writes to Argentina VP after assassination attempt
-Russia oil exec and Putin critic dies in window fall
-Queen not traveling to London for prime minister ceremony
-Tributes paid to Princess Diana in Paris