Samraong (Cambodia) (AFP) – Military vehicles are seen driving on the road in Samraong, a Cambodian border town, as deadly clashes between Cambodia and neighbouring Thailand continues. The death toll from the neighbours’ bloodiest fighting in years rose to 33 on Saturday, and Phnom Penh called for an “immediate ceasefire”. IMAGES
Taipei (AFP) – Taiwanese voters head to polls in a high-stakes recall election that could give President Lai Ching-te’s party control of the parliament. Supporters of Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are seeking to unseat 31 lawmakers belonging to the main opposition Kuomintang party, who they accuse of being pro-China and a security threat. The KMT, which wants closer ties with Beijing, controls parliament with the help of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and has slammed the unprecedented recall effort as a power grab. IMAGES
Prague (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slams the international community for turning a blind eye to the suffering of Palestinians starving in the Gaza Strip, calling it a “moral crisis that challenges the global conscience”. Guterres is speaking via videolink to Amnesty International’s global assembly.
Bogotá (AFP) – Polo and Rafa, two black-coated labradors, are therapists at a military hospital in the Colombian capital of Bogota. The dogs play a key role in the recovery of soldiers wounded in combat, amid an escalation of armed conflict in the country.
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians and Israelis react to French President Macron’s decision to recognise a State of Palestine. In Ramallah, people call for other countries to follow suit, while some in Israel urge caution.
Bulacan (Philippines) (AFP) – Hours after Typhoon Co-May made landfall, residents of Bulacan in the Philippines wade through knee-high floodwaters and ride through the streets on boats. Co-May, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused flooding in towns and villages north of Manila before heading to the west coast province of La Union.
(AFP) – Divers clutch wooden spears as they hunt hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands already weakened by climate change.
(AFP) – Divers clutch wooden spears as they hunt hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands already weakened by climate change.
Bulacan (Philippines) (AFP) – Hours after Typhoon Co-May made landfall, residents of Bulacan in the Philippines wade through knee-high floodwaters and ride through the streets on boats. Co-May, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused flooding in towns and villages north of Manila before heading to the west coast province of La Union.
Batken (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) – Residents of the Kyrgyz region of Batken discover the benefits of rice for home building. “Over the past five years, we have sold materials for the construction of 300 houses”, says Nursultan Taabaldyev, owner of a rice blocks production shop.
Paris (AFP) – Montmartre is getting ready for a historic moment: the Tour de France will pass through the hilltop Paris district for the first time, making three circuits of the steep 1.1 km slope during Sunday’s final stage. “We’re obviously expecting a massive crowd,” says waiter Maxim Robillot. “It’ll be a great experience for Montmartre.”
Taguatinga (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, wearing an electronic monitoring device, attends an evangelical mass after a Supreme Court judge rules out imposing preventive detention for the alleged coup attempt. The judge warned that he will apply it “immediately” if judicial orders are violated. Bolsonaro is subject to precautionary measures since July 18 for alleged obstruction of the process. Among other restrictions, he is ordered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. IMAGES
