Melbourne (AFP) – Protesters rally against the rising toll of Aboriginal Australians dying behind bars, highlighting their plight as the nation prepares for a historic Indigenous rights referendum.
Groza (AFP) – A six-year-old child was among the 52 killed on October 5 in one of the deadliest Russian missile strikes of the war. Those killed in the village close to the eastern frontline had gathered at a cafe to pay homage to a fallen Ukrainian soldier.
Tel Aviv (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says “we are at war” after a barrage of rockets were fired and fighters from the Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Panama City (AFP) – Images show the President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo and President of Costa Rica Rodrigo Chaves holding a meeting in Panama City to discuss migration issues. IMAGES
Yerevan (AFP) – “Me and people like me still exist, we still want to fight” says Sergei Davidyan, an Armenian military veteran who refuses to accept the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Azerbaijan claimed full control of in a recent offensive. Davidyan fought twice — in 2016 and 2020 — and was seriously injured in the latter, a 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Jeonju (South Korea) (AFP) – South Korean writer Eun Seo-ran was happily single, until a medical emergency made her want family around to help. But she took an unconventional route: legally adopting her best friend.
Darret Ezza (Syria) (AFP) – Overnight Syrian regime shelling hits the town of Darret Ezza, in the rebel-held area of Aleppo in Syria, killing and least three people and injuring several others.
Oslo (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the bravery of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Quetzaltenango (Guatemala) (AFP) – Guatemalans have taken to the streets for the fourth day in a row, denouncing what they call a campaign to prevent president-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking power. A political outsider that has pledged to fight corruption, Arevalo scored a shock upset win at the polls in August which is thought to have alarmed the old guard political elite.
Geneva (AFP) – Elizabeth Throssell, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says that a strike that killed dozens in the eastern Ukrainian village of Groza was inflicted by “what appeared to be a Russian missile”. Most of those killed in Groza were attending a wake when a cafe and shop were struck on 5 October. One eight-year-old boy was counted among the dead.
