Ottawa (AFP) – Canada is probing “credible allegations” that Indian agents may have had a role in the slaying of an exiled Sikh leader in June near Vancouver, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. Trudeau tells an emergency session of the parliamentary opposition that his government is “actively pursuing” evidence of a link between India and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen.
Staten Island (United States) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at Staten Island University Hospital in New York, to honor Ukrainian soldiers and talk to doctors, ahead of the UN General Assembly.
Huancavelica (Peru) (AFP) – At least 24 people have been killed and 35 injured, when a bus careened off the edge of a rural mountain road in southeastern Peru. The accident occurred before dawn, when a bus traveling between two Andean towns overturned and fell into a 200-meter-deep ravine in the region of Huancavelica. IMAGES OF OVERTURNED BUS
New York (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that he spoke to five US citizens freed from Iran after they landed in Qatar in a swap. “Five of the seven, of course, had been unjustly detained, imprisoned in Iran, some for years, two others had been prevented from leaving Iran,” Blinken tells reporters in New York.
Poissy (France) (AFP) – The Champions League is “not an obsession” for PSG, says club captain Marquinhos. Speaking on the eve of the club’s first game of the tournament against Dortmund, the Brazilian describes Group F — containing Newcastle and AC Milan — as “very tough.”
Derna (Libya) (AFP) – A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, search and rescue for bodies and any survivors continue. The massive flood burst two upstream river dams in Derna. Questions are being asked about whether the disaster could not have been prevented, as cracks in the dams have been reported since 1998.
New York (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of New York on Sunday, calling for increased action against climate change ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly.
Derna (Libya) (AFP) – A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, search and rescue for bodies and any survivors continue. The massive flood burst two upstream river dams in Derna. Questions are being asked about whether the disaster could not have been prevented, as cracks in the dams have been reported since 1998.
Klyshchiivka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities on Sunday announce that Kyiv’s forces have retaken Klishchiivka, a tactically important town south of Bakhmut. Kyiv began pushing back against Moscow’s forces in the south and east of the country in June after building up Western weapons and recruiting assault battalions.
Havana (AFP) – Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canel hosts Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva at the Revolution Palace in Havana, as the country concludes the G77+China summit. IMAGES
Madrid (AFP) – Julio Pacheco Yepes will be the first victim of torture under the Franco regime to testify before a Spanish judge investigating allegations of torture, at a hearing that opens on Friday. In 1975, during the last years of the Spanish dictatorship, the 19-year-old student was arrested, imprisoned and tortured for several months. Together with his wife, who was also tortured, they hope their action will break down the “wall of impunity” that surrounds the abuses of the Franco regime.
Barrancos (Portugal) (AFP) – The village of Barrancos upholds local tradition despite Portugal’s 1928 ban on killing bulls at “corridas”, or bullfighting ceremonies. Although parliament granted a special exception to Barrancos, allowing it to continue with the killings, animal rights activists say it’s a cruel and outdated custom.
