DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least eight Rohingya refugees, including five children, while heavy monsoon rains battered parts of neighboring India, leaving 13 dead over the past few days.
Dollar Tripura, a Fire Service and Civil Defense official in Cox’s Bazar district, told The Associated Press that rescuers recovered seven bodies while an eighth body was found by refugees after several hills collapsed from late Sunday to Monday morning. All have been handed over to families, he said.
He said another two children were found with injuries.
In India, torrential monsoon rains battered large areas on Tuesday, triggering flash floods and landslides in the northern Himalayan states, and flooding roads and forcing schools to close in Mumbai.
Officials said continuous rain and hillside torrents loosened soil on slopes, causing makeshift houses to collapse.
Tripura said the landslides hit at least four locations across the camps, burying shelters under mud and debris while residents were asleep.
Authorities said they were relocating the refugees from at-risk hill areas, and some 1,000 people have already been relocated.
The weather office in the capital, Dhaka, has forecast more rain in the coming days.
According to the UNHCR, 36 refugees died and at least 86 were injured in similar landslides at refugee camps between 2021 and 2026.
More than 1 million refugees who fled neighboring Myanmar live in camps in Bangladesh.
Renewed fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine state between the military government and the Arakan Army has raised concern of a fresh influx of Rohingya refugees across the border.
In India's western Maharashtra state, home to Mumbai, said at least 13 people have died in rain-related incidents over the past several days as monsoon weather intensified. In Pune district, landslides triggered by heavy rain forced officials to temporarily close sections of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, disrupting traffic between the two cities.
The India Meteorological Department forecast more heavy rainfall across Maharashtra in the coming days and warned of continued flooding in low-lying areas.
In the northern Himalayan regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides that damaged roads, disrupted public transport and cut off several villages. Emergency crews were deployed to evacuate stranded residents.
India’s annual southwest monsoon, which runs from June through September, is critical for agriculture and replenishing water supplies but also causes widespread flooding and landslides each year, particularly in the Himalayan region and densely populated cities with inadequate drainage.
People walk through rain at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Shamimul Islam Faisal)
A child plays in heavy rain at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Shamimul Islam Faisal)
People walk through heavy rain at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Shamimul Islam Faisal)
Speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey a day after U.S. President Donald Trump again expressed a desire for the U.S. to control Greenland, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said, “Greenland is of course not for sale.”
“We hope that all, including all allies, will respect the Greenland people right for self-determination,” she said. “And we are sovereign states and we need everybody to respect our territorial integrity and our sovereignty.”
NATO leaders are trying to show increased military capabilities as the U.S. focus shifts from defending Europe. The alliance is holding a two-day summit in Ankara, Turkey, that will showcase military projects worth billions of dollars aimed at persuading Trump they are making a stronger Europe for a stronger NATO.
Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said Wednesday that Greenland’s people “do not wish to be a part of the United States” and that NATO allies should focus on the threat from Russia.
As the summit meetings began Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said overnight U.S. strikes on Iran were necessary because Iran had violated the ceasefire.
Trump met with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday ahead of the summit and announced the U.S. will lift sanctions, opening the possibility of selling F-35 jets to Turkey over Israel's objections.
Trump also criticized NATO’s abilities to function without U.S. leadership and power, expressing disappointment at the refusal of some NATO allies to join the Iran war he launched alongside Israel without consulting them.
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Finnish President Alexander Stubb reaffirmed that matters concerning Greenland are “only in the hands of the Kingdom of Denmark.”
He said it is important that the NATO alliance stays intact.
Stubb is known as a Trump whisperer in Europe.
U.S. Sen Jeanne Shaheen said she is hopeful the summit will include a recommitment to Ukraine.
“The momentum is on the side of Ukraine at this point and we need to do everything possible to ramp up pressure on Russia to come to the table,” the Democrat from New Hampshire said.
Shaheen is co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said his country was in solidarity with the United States in order to guarantee the free navigation of the Strait of Hormuz.
Nausėda said the Baltic country was ready to contribute by sending its demining mission if required.
“We have to stay united if we expect a solidarity from the side of the United States,” he said.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, when asked about Trump’s designs on Greenland, said he “rejects that kind of rhetoric, that kind of claim.”
“Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark,” he told reporters. “It is up to the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide how that development should proceed.”
Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said in remarks Wednesday in Ankara that Greenland’s people “do not wish to be a part of the United States” and that NATO allies should focus on the threat from Russia.
“Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland,” she said.
“What we need now is unity. We have threats coming from outside the alliance,” Frostadottir said. “I mean, Russia is the biggest threat when it comes to these NATO allies. We need to focus on us and how we stick together.”
Speaking at the NATO summit a day after U.S. President Donald Trump again expressed a desire for the U.S. to control Greenland, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said, “Greenland is of course not for sale.”
“We hope that all, including all allies, will respect the Greenland people right for self-determination,” she said. “And we are sovereign states and we need everybody to respect our territorial integrity and our sovereignty.”
She said Denmark is “ready to defend every inch of NATO including our own territory” in the event of an attack and would rely on NATO allies to honor their commitment to defend each other.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Wednesday at the alliance’s summit in Ankara that the overnight U.S. strikes on Iran were necessary.
Iran had violated the ceasefire, Rutte said.
“I think it is totally crucial that the U.S. forcefully reacts,” Rutte said.
He expects NATO members to “reconfirm that Iran should never, ever get its hands on a nuclear capability” and also to reaffirm the importance of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, right, speaks with the media as Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, left, arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks as he arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks as he arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda speak with the media as they arrive for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir speaks as she arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks out from his car window as he arrives for the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Metin Aktaş, Pool Photo via AP)
Members of the Historical Honor Guard stand before the welcoming ceremony for President Donald Trump at the Bestepe Presidential Palace during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Front row from left, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew G. Whitaker attend the formal welcome for President Donald Trump at the NATO summit at the Bestepe Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
US President Donald Trump and American officials meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish officials at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July, 7, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
President Donald Trump, right, speaks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Doğukan Keskinkılıç, Pool Photo via AP)
