London (AFP) – After a goat, pelicans, and a cat, a rhinoceros has been added to a menagerie of animals created by graffiti artist Banksy on the streets of London in recent days. This time the work appeared on Westmoor Street, in the Charlton area of the British capital.
Penteli (Greece) (AFP) – A massive wildfire in Athens’ northeastern suburbs has forced thousands of residents to flee their homes and sparked a Greek government appeal for international help.
Mendoza (Argentina) (AFP) – Images of a property in Mendoza where two French rugby players accused of rape in Argentina, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou, are being held under house arrest after their release. The prosecutor’s office said that the players must remain in the country until the end of the trial. IMAGES
Mendoza (Argentina) (AFP) – French rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou leave the Mendoza residence in which they arer serving house arrest in Argentina. Auradou and Jegou, accused of rape and detained in Argentina, were released but must remain in the country until the trial is over, according to a court ruling. IMAGES
Tel Aviv (AFP) – “We are in a period of vigilance and preparation, at a time when the threats from Tehran and Beirut could materialise,” says Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to the members of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee. International pressure mounted for a ceasefire in Gaza, with Britain, France and Germany issuing a joint plea for an end to fighting between Israel and Hamas with “no further delay”.
Bayt Dajan (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Hussein Jamil, who held a permit to work in Israel for 22 years until the war in Gaza broke out, swears he will never go back to work in the country after setting up greenhouses in Bayt Dajan, near Nablus. In the northern West Bank’s commercial capital, dozens of men have returned to the traditional pursuit of working on the land, rather than board buses to the queues and heavily guarded checkpoints that lead into Israel.
Novo-Ogaryovo (Russia) (AFP) – “The West is at war with us,” says Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he chairs a meeting of government officials on the situation in the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into Russian territory last week. Kyiv, Putin says, “with the help of its Western masters, is carrying out their will”. More than 120,000 people have been evacuated away from the fighting, which has seen Ukrainian troops capture more than two dozen settlements.
Medellín (Colombia) (AFP) – Thousands of Colombians and visitors take part in the ‘Silleteros’ parade in Medellin to close the city’s annual flower festival, in which participants walk along avenues carrying heavy and elaborate floral arrangements, which can weigh up to 70 kilos.
Varnávas (Greece) (AFP) – Greek police officers help evacuate elderly people from their homes as wildfires blaze in Varnavas, some 40km north of Athens. Thousands of people living around the Greek capital have fled their homes as a huge wildfire front creeps closer, despite “superhuman” efforts to contain the blaze, officials say.
Moscow (AFP) – Russia orders more evacuations in a region bordering Ukraine as it battles to contain an unprecedented push onto its territory by Kyiv forces. The shock offensive is the most serious attack by a foreign army on Russian territory since the Second World War.
