1. Tropical Storm Shanshan is moving northeast over southwestern Japan. Weather officials are warning that it will bring heavy rains and strong winds to many parts of the country into the weekend. As of Friday morning, Shanshan was moving slowly over Oita Prefecture in Kyushu. 2. The Ukrainian military has said a US-made F16 fighter jet provided by Western nations crashed during a combat mission, killing its pilot. US officials have warned about the dangers of sending pilots inexperienced on F16s into combat.
3. Japan’s legendary para swimmer Suzuki Takayuki has won a gold medal in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke SB3 class at the Paris Paralympics. The win brought Japan its first medal at the ongoing Games. In Thursday’s event final, Suzuki got off to a superb start and led the pack from the beginning. He widened his lead later in the race and first by clocking a time of 48.04 seconds.
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