Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, May 3

NEW DELHI -- At least 45 people were killed as heavy rainfall and storms struck India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, local media reported on Thursday.

According to ANI reports, local authorities in the disaster-hit areas have issued directions to provide immediate relief for those affected. (India-Storms)

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LONDON -- Some 30 people, including children, were injured Wednesday night in an explosion during a Jewish festival bonfire in north London.

Videos recorded at the event showed a bonfire being lit, followed by a large explosion and a fireball engulfing the crowd standing near the fire. (UK-London-Explosion)

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FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- At least three security force members and 18 Taliban militants were killed in separate gunfights in two northern Afghan provinces, authorities said on Thursday.

In Badakhshan province, three security force members and 12 Taliban militants were killed in two clashes in Tashkan and Shahada districts Wednesday night, Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, a press officer of the army's Division 20 Pamir based in the northern region, told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Gunfights)

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SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating surged following last week's summit with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a local survey showed Thursday.

Support for Moon jumped 8.3 percentage points over the week to 78.3 percent this week, according to the poll by local pollster Realmeter. (SKorea-Moon-Approval-Rate)

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TRIPOLI -- The death toll in an attack by Islamic State (IS) suicide bombers on the headquarters of the Libyan Higher Commission of Elections here Wednesday has risen to 15, according to a medical source.

Confirming the deaths, Abdaddaem al-Rabti, an official of the public Tripoli Field Hospital, told Xinhua late Wednesday that nine commission employees, four security personnel and two terrorists had died while 21 people were injured. (Libya-Attack-Death Toll) Enditem