Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin touches down in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand, where he will join China’s Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders for a regional summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence.
London (AFP) – A special remembrance service for Queen Elizabeth II is held in Baitul Futuh Mosque, where attendees thank her for her work with minority groups and for providing “freedom of religion.” “Everybody loved her, no matter what race or religion you came from,” says Sadika Miles, who attended the service.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his nightly address, President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine’s forces have retaken 400 settlements in the Kharkiv region during the swift counter-offensive in September, liberating around 150,000 people from occupation. Zelensky also condemns a Russian missile attack on a dam of reservoir in his home town, Kryvyi Rih.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his nightly address, President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine’s forces have retaken 400 settlements in the Kharkiv region during the swift counter-offensive in September, liberating around 150,000 people from occupation. Zelensky also condemns a Russian missile attack on a dam of reservoir in his home town, Kryvyi Rih.
Stockholm (AFP) – Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announces her resignation after an unprecedented right-wing and far-right bloc narrowly won the general election. “It’s a narrow majority, but it is a majority”, Andersson says.
Kathmandu (Nepal) (AFP) – Nepali guides are considered the backbone of the climbing industry in the Himalayas. They carry the majority of equipment and food, fix ropes and repair ladders. It can be a perilous occupation and the mountaineers are slowly being recognised in their own right. Sanu Sherpa is one of them – he is the first to summit the world’s fourteen 8,000-metre mountains – twice.
Caracas (AFP) – Residents from neighbourhoods tackling high crime rates are being trained as basketball referees in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, thanks to the initiative of NGO ‘Caracas Mi Convive’ that seeks to steer them away from violence in their communities.
Berlin (AFP) – Vladimir Putin still believes he was right to launch an invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says after a 90-minute-long telephone call with the Russian president.
London (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for the final time as her coffin begins its journey to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. IMAGES
London (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for the final as her coffin begins its journey to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state. King Charles III leads the procession of the coffin of his mother down The Mall before hundreds of thousands of people pay their final respects at Westminster Hall. IMAGES
