Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday as investors welcomed the extension of a China-US tariff truce but looked ahead apprehensively to the release of key US inflation data later in the day.

England's water shortfall was classed as "nationally significant" as it experienced its driest first six months of the year since 1976, the Environment Agency said on Tuesday.

Violent combat has broken out between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo despite a peace treaty, security and local sources told AFP on Monday.