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Bucharest (AFP) – Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are released after three months of pre-trial detention in Romania and moved to house arrest while they continue to be investigated for allegedly “forming an organised criminal gang, human trafficking and rape”. The transfer comes after an appeals court rejected a further extension of the Tates’ detention and ordered that the pair were released with restrictions. A former professional kickboxer, Andrew Tate’s videos on social media — which often contain misogynistic and violent themes — are watched by an audience of millions, comprised predmoninantly of teenage boys.

New York (AFP) – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg leaves his office in New York a day after a grand jury indicted former US President Donald Trump in a hush-money payment case.

New York (AFP) – A man impersonating former US President Donald Trump pretends to direct traffic outside the Trump Tower in New York City. Trump, who was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday, is expected to surrender to the authorities in New York on Tuesday to face charges over a hush-money payment to a porn star.

West Palm Beach (United States) (AFP) – Views of former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida after a New York grand jury indicted him in a hush-money payment case. IMAGES

Paris (AFP) – At 108, pianist Colette Maze is still practising her art on one of the three pianos that adorn her living room. The pianist who is due to celebrate her 109th birthday in June is adamant that she is “young”, hates “jaded” people and owes her longevity to dancing.

Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – A year after its liberation by Ukrainian forces, Bucha and its people are still confronted by the atrocities blamed on Russian forces during their occupation of the city. But the community is slowly rebuilding despite their collective trauma.

Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Bucha with various European leaders — from Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Moldova — one year after Moscow’s troops withdrew from the Ukrainian town synonymous with war crimes allegations.

Vihiga Town (Kenya) (AFP) – Across East Africa, gay rights activists say anti-LBGTQ attacks are on the rise. Online conspiracy theories accusing shadowy international forces of “promoting homosexuality” have flooded Social media. In Kenya, a recent Supreme Court ruling against a petition seeking to bar LGBTQ lobbying groups, sparked widespread condemnation including from the attorney general, who has vowed to challenge the verdict. Now some in the LGBTQ community are voicing their concerns on what is happening. “I fail to understand why I should be denied my rights” says one lesbian woman, Jasmine, whose name has been changed.

Bucha (Ukraine) (AFP) – Images show streets and a cemetery in Ukraine´s Bucha, a city in the Kyiv region where bodies of civilians were discovered strewn on the streets in atrocities widely blamed on Moscow’s troops, one year on from Russia’s withdrawal.

China said Friday Japan was “harming themselves” with new planned export controls on 23 items used to make semiconductors, following US pressure for countries to restrict Beijing’s access to the technology.