Lima (AFP) – Protests across Peru entered their fourth day on Saturday, as thousands continue to fill the streets calling for the release of former president Pedro Castillo and the closure of Congress. Castillo was impeached and arrested on Wednesday 7 December, having faced a series of corruption probes. His successor, Dina Boluarte, who many on the streets see as a “usurper”, is Peru’s first woman president.
Saint Helier (Jersey) (AFP) – Firefighters and rescue units assess the damage on the site of an explosion that flattened a three-storey apartment block in the Channel island of Jersey in the early hours of 10 December. Rescuers said after an all-night search that there was no hope of finding any more survivors in the wreckage. More than a dozen people are feared dead.
Montreal (AFP) – Hundreds of people take to the streets in Montreal, where the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place, marching for biodiversity and human rights.
Montreal (AFP) – Hundreds of people take to the streets in Montreal to oppose the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference.
Casablanca (Morocco) (AFP) – Football fans gathered to watch the World Cup quarter-final in Casablanca go wild as Morocco forward Youssef En-Nesyri opens the score against Portugal in the 42nd minute.
Paris (AFP) – IMAGES Morocco fans celebrate the team’s victory against Portugal on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Morocco became the first African country ever to reach the World Cup semi-finals.
Casablanca (Morocco) (AFP) – IMAGES Fans in Casablanca and Lisbon react as the final whistle in their quarter-final blows, with Morocco downing Portugal to become the first ever African World Cup semi-finalists.
Saint Helier (Jersey) (AFP) – One person has been killed and several others are missing after a “large” explosion on 10 December at a block of flats in Jersey’s capital St Helier, says the island’s police chief, Robin Smith. He says the fire has been extinguished and searches are under way to find “anybody trapped in the rubble”. HD VERSION OF VIDI332N2YL_EN
Doha (AFP) – Morocco, Portugal, England and France fans share their thoughts, fears and expectations ahead of their teams playing on Saturday in the last two quarter-finals of the Qatar World Cup.
Nova Venécia (Brazil) (AFP) – Like millions of Brazilian families, Richarlison’s loved ones were inconsolable after the team’s exit from the World Cup, but fiercely proud to have witnessed the center-forward shine in Qatar. “He went through a phase of imitating Neymar” says Kettima Pereira de Andrade, the Tottenham striker’s sister, “today, seeing him next to Neymar…I’m very proud of him.”
