In the Spanish town of Algemesi, people are angry.

The suburb of Raval was one of the worst hit by flash flooding but residents feel abandoned.

At least 158 people have been killed in the disaster in eastern Spain – with the worst of the flooding concentrated around the Valencia region.

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“When the alert came the water was already two metres high,” Carolina shouts from her balcony. “There were no police, firefighters or the mayor. No one came to rescue us.”

The distress is echoed street after street.

Carmen puts her head in her hands and weeps.

“They have lost everything,” she says, pointing at her neighbours’ houses.

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Every home is in ruins and their owners are heartbroken.

Dolores shows us inside her house. She says the flood was up to the ceiling but because no help came, they have had to hammer holes in the walls to clear the water.

“I feel awful. I’m terrified and very afraid. My husband is sick – we need more help,” she says.

The level of destruction is immense.

On the street, we meet Noel with his children. The youngest toddler barefoot in the mud.

Yesterday, Noel and his wife had nothing to eat. He feels helpless.

“Right now, there are people who are trapped. The mud is up to their waists, so they can’t open their doors,” he says.

“I live on a high floor so I didn’t have problems with the flooding in my home, but I don’t have water, light, or food.”

There’s a growing feeling of desperation in this suburb.

At one point, someone shouts “food!” and people rush to grab what they can from a nearby shop.

It’s not clear if they have been let in by the owner or are looting.

The devastation is so great and at a time when people are at their most in need, they feel frustrated and alone.

In a nearby shelter we meet people from Algemesi who have been made homeless by the flood.

Carol says she has never felt so hopeless.

“There was a tree trunk that came into the front of my house. There are no walls, no ceiling. I don’t have anything. There’s nothing left,” she explains, beginning to cry.

For many, the initial trauma of this natural disaster has been compounded in the aftermath by a feeling of loss and loneliness.

Thousands of North Korean soldiers are now positioned near Ukraine’s border and likely to enter combat in the coming days, the US says.

Russian troops have been training them in artillery, drones and “basic infantry operations, including trench clearing”, said US secretary of state Antony Blinken.

He said it strongly indicated they would be used on the front line and would therefore become legitimate targets for Ukraine.

Some 10,000 North Korean troops are in Russia, including up to 8,000 in the Kursk border region, Mr Blinken said.

The troops are wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian gear, according to US defence secretary Lloyd Austin.

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“We’ve not yet seen these troops deploy into combat against Ukrainian forces, but we would expect that to happen in the
coming days,” Mr Blinken said on Thursday.

America’s top diplomat said the recruitment of troops from North Korea to Russia’s “meat grinder” was a “clear sign of weakness”.

Mr Blinken made the assessment after he and Mr Austin met their South Korean counterparts in Washington DC.

Foreign minister Cho Tae-yul called for the immediate withdrawal of North Korean soldiers from Russia and condemned it “in the strongest possible terms”.

They also all agreed China should do more to rein in North Korea, Mr Blinken said, adding that he’d had a “robust conversation” with Beijing this week.

Mr Austin also announced that – with the US election just days away – America would soon be announcing new security assistance for Ukraine.

The deployment of troops to Russia is down to the close relationship between President Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

The leaders last met in June when Mr Putin travelled to North Korea for the first time in 24 years.

A mutual defence pact was agreed during their summit, meaning the countries will help each other if they are attacked.

The US says North Korea has also given munitions to Russia as it continues its grinding effort to take more territory in Ukraine’s east.

The White House published images earlier this month which it said showed 1,000 containers of equipment being sent to Russia by rail.

There are concerns about what military aid Russia will now provide in exchange.

North Korea test-fired an an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year on Thursday and there is speculation Russia may have provided technological help.

In a statement, the US, Japan and South Korea condemned the launch as a “flagrant violation” of UN resolutions.

“We strongly urge (North Korea) to immediately cease its series of provocative and destabilising actions that threaten peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and beyond,” they said.

A British charity is calling on the UK government to facilitate the urgent evacuation of 21 critically ill children from a besieged hospital in northern Gaza.

The Kamal Adwan Hospital was recently raided by Israeli soldiers and many of the medical staff detained.

Only two doctors remain to care for more than 150 patients, there is a severe lack of medical supplies, and the surgical facilities no longer function.

The hospital was hit by another airstrike in the early hours of Thursday morning, destroying much of the third floor.

The Israel Defence Forces claims Hamas fighters have been hiding and operating from the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which is in the Jabaliya refugee camp, and released a video showing weapons it says it found in the compound.

The hospital denies any Hamas presence.

The charity, Project Pure Hope, said: “We are witnessing a humanitarian disaster of historic proportions.”

It added: “These 21 children, including two in neonatal ICU and two in paediatric ICU, face life-threatening conditions.

“With each passing hour, the children’s chance of survival diminishes without advanced medical intervention – intervention that cannot be provided under the hospital’s current, catastrophic conditions.”

The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), said it is “deeply concerned” for the safety of one of its staff members who has been arrested. The fate of many of the hospital’s staff is unknown.

Sky News reported on the dire conditions inside the hospital on Tuesday.

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This week, Project Pure Hope says it held a meeting with the Foreign Office on Tuesday after lobbying the UK government for months to support a plan for evacuations.

Other countries, including Italy, the US, Switzerland, Ireland and the UAE have taken in children.

The charity has raised sufficient money to fund the costs and developed partnerships with UK hospitals but, so far, it says the government has refused to accept any patients.

It said in a statement on Thursday: “While other countries… have opened their doors to these paediatric cases, the UK remains a notable outlier, having yet to implement any such programme.”

The Israeli military operation in northern Gaza has cut the area off from the rest of the strip.

Little aid is getting in, and civilian casualties are rising.

Aid agencies have warned of the risk of famine, and rescue workers are often unable to reach the sites of airstrikes.

Sky News has asked the Foreign Office for a comment.