World News Roundup: Renewed drilling begins to rescue 40 men trapped in Indian tunnel for fifth day; Third batch of around 200 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia's Aceh and more

Following is a summary of current world news briefs.

Renewed drilling begins to rescue 40 men trapped in Indian tunnel for fifth day

Rescue workers renewed efforts on Thursday to reach 40 men trapped inside a collapsed highway tunnel in India for the fifth day, making slow progress as they began drilling through rock and soil debris. Authorities said they were confident an advanced drilling machine flown in from New Delhi will speed up the rescue at the site in the northern state of Uttarakhand.

Third batch of around 200 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia's Aceh

Around 200 Rohingya reached the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, the head of the provincial fishing community said, the third boat to arrive in as many days and taking total arrivals over this period to about 600. Many members of the ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a persecuted minority in Myanmar, have for years boarded rickety wooden boats to escape to Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as Thailand.

Without Rutte, Dutch election centres on cost-of-living, climate and immigration

The Dutch go to the polls next week without caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's name on the ballot for the first time in a decade, with voters citing the economy, climate change, and reducing immigration as their top concerns. The Nov. 22 vote is seen as a test of whether voters in one of Europe's most prosperous countries are willing to continue funding policies such as expensive offshore wind farms, after last year's cost of living shock.

More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India

At least 29 more Myanmar soldiers entered India on Thursday fleeing an attack by insurgents on their military base close to the Indian border, an Indian police official said, as rebels step up their assaults against the ruling junta . Earlier this week, 43 Myanmar soldiers entered India's Mizoram state after the rebels overran their military bases. Nearly 40 were sent back by Indian authorities through a different border crossing point a few hundred kms east.

Man arrested after ramming barricade near Israel embassy in Tokyo

A 53-year-old man was arrested in Tokyo on Thursday after crashing a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israeli embassy and injuring a police officer, authorities said.

Police said the suspect was a member of a right-wing organisation, without elaborating, and that a policeman in his 20s sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Biden, Xi's 'blunt' talks yield deals on military, fentanyl

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on Wednesday to open a presidential hotline, resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production, showing tangible progress in their first face-to-face talks in a year. Biden and Xi met for about four hours on the outskirts of San Francisco to discuss issues that have strained U.S.-Chinese relations. Simmering differences remain, particularly over Taiwan.

U.N. human rights chief says widespread disease, hunger inevitable in Gaza

The United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday widespread outbreaks of disease and hunger seemed "inevitable" in Gaza after weeks of Israeli assault on the densely populated Palestinian enclave. Speaking at an informal briefing to states at the United Nations in Geneva after visiting the Middle East, Volker Turk said the depletion of fuel would have a "catastrophic" impact across Gaza. It would lead to the collapse of sewage systems, healthcare and end the scarce humanitarian aid being supplied.

Spain's Sanchez secures another term, ending four-month deadlock

Spain's lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July. His Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had reached separate deals with a number of regional parties to earn their backing, including a contentious bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists that has sparked protests across Spain.

Israel orders residents from southern Gaza towns, raising fear of war's spread

Israel ordered civilians to leave four towns in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, raising fears its war against Hamas could spread to areas it had told people were safe. In the north of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave, Israel said its forces were still present at Gaza's biggest hospital, Al Shifa, but gave no further details of their operations since the previous day when they entered the facility culminating a days-long siege.

Analysis-From spy balloons to chocolates: Chinese propaganda frames Xi's US pivot

What a difference eight months makes: In March, shortly after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, President Xi Jinping blamed it for challenges faced by China's economy, complaining of "all-round containment". Then on Wednesday, U.S. and Xi agreed to open a presidential hotline, resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production, showing tangible progress in their first face-to-face talks in a year at a summit in California.