Kryvyi Rig (Ukraine) (AFP) – Images from Ukraine’s National Police purport to show the aftermath of a deadly Russian strike that killed at least six people in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rig.
Miami (AFP) – Scene outside the Southern District Court of Florida in Miami, where Donald Trump is due in court to face dozens of felony counts of mishandling US government secrets, in the most serious yet of a firestorm of criminal probes threatening to derail his bid to win back the White House. The former president plans to travel by motorcade for the 25-minute journey from his golf course in Miami to the federal courthouse, where he is expected to deny 37 counts of unlawfully retaining classified documents and obstructing efforts to get them back. IMAGES
Seoul (AFP) – Fans of K-pop megastars BTS, known as ARMY, mark the supergroup’s 10-year anniversary with visits to South Korea. The country unveils a special stamp series to commemorate the group. N°33J73B2
Shanghai (AFP) – Tired of Shanghai club nights dominated by men, where a woman’s appearance often matters as much as her musical skills, Eloise Fan has created an underground space where women DJs are free to shine. She and her team are part of a small number of women working to make China’s nightlife safer and more welcoming to female creatives.
Hanoi (AFP) – As a young woman, Tran To Nga was a war correspondent, a prisoner and an activist. Now, at 81, she is waging a court battle against US chemical firms to win justice for the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.
Montevideo (AFP) – As Uruguay struggles with persistent drought, the state-owned water company OSE has started drilling wells in one of the main parks of the capital Montevideo, in order to restock dwindling supplies of freshwater.
Kherson (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko says there are now 10 dead in the southern city of Kherson and the region from the breach of a dam that it blames on Russia. Kyiv has accused Moscow of blowing up the dam on the Dnipro River, while Russia has blamed Ukraine.
Miami (AFP) – Former US president Donald Trump lands at Miami International Airport, Florida ahead of his court appearance on Tuesday.
Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) – When the Kakhovka dam was breached last week — in what Kyiv and its allies believe was an act of Russian sabotage — the level of the Dnipro river uptream dropped dramatically. In the city of Zaporizhzhia, a sandy beach now gives way to a stinking mudflat, and sightseers have been left to survey the damage 15 months of war has dealt to their environment.
Daraga (Philippines) (AFP) – People living near the foot of the restive Mayon volcano in the central Philippine province of Albay take shelter in evacuation centres as they worry about mounting income losses and health risks. On Thursday a five-step alert system for the volcano was raised from two to three.
Rome (AFP) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86. SILVIO BERLUSCONI
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the death of Silvio Berlusconi “is a great loss not only for Italy, but also for world politics.” Both men for years flaunted their bromance — they stayed in each other’s holiday homes, skied together and were snapped sporting giant fur hats.
