Madrid (AFP) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says firefighters are starting to see “light at the end of the tunnel” in their battle against some of the worst forest fires in the country’s history. “We are indeed turning the tide,” he tells reporters.
Folkestone (AFP) – Hundreds of dancers dressed in red gather on the Folkestone Harbour Arm in southeast England to recreate Kate Bush’s iconic “Wuthering Heights” choreography as part of the global ‘The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever 2026’. “It’s such a heartwarming thing to see all families together and to see the community all come together to do one celebration,” says student Iris Bunt.
La Guaira (Venezuela) (AFP) – One month after Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, tributes are being paid to the victims. On June 24, two successive magnitude-7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes hit northern Venezuela with the coastal state of La Guaira near the capital the worst affected.
Zunyi (China) (AFP) – Dressed in Red Army uniforms and waving prop weapons, scores of tourists storm a mound in southwestern China’s Loushan Pass as pyrotechnics light up the hillside in a reenactment of a historic battle. More than 1,000 people visited the mountainous battle site in Guizhou province over the weekend to relive the pivotal 1935 conflict between communist and nationalist forces — an experience that has become a hit on Chinese social media.
Zunyi (China) (AFP) – Dressed in Red Army uniforms and waving prop weapons, scores of tourists storm a mound in southwestern China’s Loushan Pass as pyrotechnics light up the hillside in a reenactment of a historic battle. More than 1,000 people visited the mountainous battle site in Guizhou province over the weekend to relive the pivotal 1935 conflict between communist and nationalist forces — an experience that has become a hit on Chinese social media.
Buenos Aires (Argentine) (AFP) – Scenes from the Embassy of Brazil and Palacio Pereda, the ambassador’s official residence in Buenos Aires, after Brazil recalled its ambassador to Argentina following “insults” leveled by President Javier Milei against his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and others at a Sao Paulo political event. IMAGES
Buenos Aires (Argentine) (AFP) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva arrives at Argentina’s Ministry of Economy, in Buenos Aires, for talks with President Javier Milei and senior economic officials, including Economy Minister Luis Caputo, Central Bank director Santiago Bausili and experts from the business world and academia. The Washington-based institution has repeatedly voiced support for president Javer Milei, who took office with promises to revive the economy by slashing public spending and reining in inflation. IMAGES
Brasilia (AFP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva welcomes his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung in Brasilia for talks aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, trade, and economic cooperation. IMAGES
Navaluenga (AFP) – “It’s the worst thing that can happen to you in life,” says Marie Angeles Canete as she looks around the ruins of her campsite, scorched in Spanish wildfires. 32 people were on the campsite, situated 130 kilometres from Madrid in Navaluenga, when they had to be evacuated. “I can’t sleep anymore, this is a horrible memory,” she says.
Pjöngjang (AFP) – North Korea’s state broadcaster airs the visit of leader Kim Jong Un, his wife Ri Sol Ju and daughter Kim Ju Ae, to the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mount Taesong in Pyongyang, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the armistice of the Korean War.
Teheran (AFP) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei says Iran is not currently involved in negotiations with the United States, despite a halt in recent fighting between the two sides. “At present, we are not engaged in any negotiations with the United States,” says Baqaei.
Birao (AFP) – Dozens of displaced families are living in limbo in precarious shelters in Birao in northeast Central African Republic, after fleeing the fighting which broke out between the Alliance for Patriotric Resurgence (ASP) and the country’s military forces nearly a month ago in Am-Dafock, near the Sudanese border. “We fled the war in a panic, leaving everything behind, our fields, our animals,” says one displaced person. “We are living like animals.” Before the new arrivals, 22,000 Sudanese refugees already lived in Birao.
