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Volcano erupts in Spain, Deadly shooting in Russia, Hotel Rwanda hero convicted

Yahoo Finance's Akiko Fujita breaks down today's top stories from around the world.

Video Transcript

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AKIKO FUJITA: In our World View today, roughly 5,000 people have been evacuated in Spain after a volcano erupted in the Canary Islands. The Cumbre Vieja erupted in La Palma on Sunday, following several earthquakes over the weekend, creating two fissures within the volcano. The fast-moving lava has already destroyed homes and buildings in its path, with the lava nearly 20 feet high in some areas. Local officials say no injuries have been reported so far. This is the archipelago's first eruption in 50 years. Experts say it could last for weeks or even months.

Russian police have arrested an 18-year-old student in connection with a school shooting that killed six people. Officials say the suspect entered the campus of Perm State University, about 800 miles east of Moscow Monday morning. He began shooting as teachers and students locked themselves in classrooms while others jumped out of windows to safety. Nearly 30 people were injured in the attack, including the shooter.

Reuters reports the suspect is a student at the university and bought the hunting rifle he used back in May. The attack comes just four months after another school shooting killed nine people. Russia raised the minimum age to buy firearms from 18 to 21 after that shooting, but the new law has not gone into effect yet.

And the man who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" has been found guilty for being part of a terror group. A Kigali judge convicted Paul Rusesabagina and 20 others for forming an illegally armed group that conspired to attack Rwanda in 2018 and 2019. Now, he was found guilty in at least a dozen charges, including terrorism, murder, and arson and faces the possibility of life in prison now.

Rusesabagina was celebrated in the Hollywood film for saving more than 1,200 people in the 1994 genocide. More recently, though, he has become one of the harshest critics of Rwandan President Paul Kagame. The activist has said the allegations against him are a fabrication and an attempt by the government to quiet dissent.

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