Malang (Indonesia) (AFP) – Thousands of Indonesian football fans light candles and hold a mass prayer outside the City Hall in Malang city to pay respect to the victims of the recent stadium stampede which has killed at least 131 people on Saturday, one of the deadliest disasters in football history.
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) – Movie stars and directors hit the red carpet on South Korea’s port town of Busan Wednesday as Asia’s largest film festival returned to full power post-pandemic, with high-profile guests such as Hong Kong’s Tony Leung, who has been named Asian Filmmaker of the Year by the festival and Japan’s famed filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda flying in to discuss his latest projects.
Bila Tserkva (Ukraine) (AFP) – Residents pass by the debris of various infrastructure facilities in the town of Bila Tserkva, southwest of Kyiv, after one person was injured in an overnight Russian attack that used Iranian-made drones.
Lyon (AFP) – “There will be no fan zone in Lyon, that’s for sure” declares the city’s Mayor, Grégory Doucet, as he decries Qatar’s human rights and environmental records.
Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – During her closing speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss, declares “Ukraine can win, Ukraine must win, and Ukraine will win” – drawing universal applause at a conference plagued by division within the party.
Ginowan (Japan) (AFP) – For decades, residents of Japan’s southern island of Okinawa have strongly opposed the US military bases in the region, seeing them as sources of crime and pollution. But a subtle shift is underway, driven by Chinese sabre-rattling and economic challenges.
Malang (Indonesia) (AFP) – Dramatic footage shot by a witness inside Indonesia’s Kanjuruhan stadium shot on the evening of Saturday’s deadly stampede shows fans running away and climbing fences as police fire tear gas onto the pitch. Police described the incident as a riot and said two officers were killed, but survivors have accused them of overreacting.
Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Protesters holding a Greenpeace banner, which reads “Who voted for this?”, disrupt UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’s address to the Conservative Party conference.
Londres (AFP) – Images of a picket line outside Kings Cross station as drivers at 12 train operators walk out. Tens of thousands of workers across various sectors have gone on strike across Britain since the summer as decades-high inflation erodes earnings.
Geneva (AFP) – Sixty-three confirmed and probable cases have been reported in the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, including 29 deaths, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. SOUNDBITE
