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UK Prime Ministers attend Remembrance Day Service

London (AFP) – Political figures, including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Keir Starmer and former Prime Ministers Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and John Major, arrive for a Remembrance Day ceremony on London’s Whitehall. IMAGES

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Crowds and military personnel gather for UK Remembrance Day

London (AFP) – British military veterans, serving units and members of the public gather on London’s Whitehall for a UK Remembrance Day ceremony. Charles III is to take part in the event – his first as king – and lay a wreath in tribute to UK and Commonwealth war dead. IMAGES

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Climate activists urge leaders to take action as COP27 hits halfway mark

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – Climate activists stage a protest during the COP27 summit in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. “Africa is not responsible for the emissions. We only contributed less than four percent,” says Namibian protester Ina Maria, as US President Joe Biden urges for more countries to step-up after pledging to reduce methane emissions.

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People in Kherson dance around a fire to celebrate Ukrainian forces entering the city

Kherson (Ukraine) (AFP) – People in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson dance around a bonfire singing “Chervona Kalyna”, a Ukrainian patriotic song, as they celebrate their country’s armed forces entering the city following a Russian withdrawal. Moscow said on Friday it had withdrawn more than 30,000 troops in the southern Kherson region to the eastern bank of the Dnipro river.

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Zelensky hails Ukraine ‘taking back Kherson’ as ‘historic day’

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – In his daily address, Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky says that “today is a historical day” because Ukraine is “taking back Kherson”. “As of now, our defenders are on the outskirts of the city. But special units are already in the city,” Zelensky adds. Ukraine had earlier on Friday said its forces were entering the southern city of Kherson after Russia announced its troops had retreated from the only regional capital it has captured after nearly nine months fighting.

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South American indigenous tribes unite through film

Amazonas (Colombia) (AFP) – In Colombia’s Amazon jungle, indigenous people of different nations, ethnicities and languages have come together to tell their own stories in a single united voice, through filmmaking. Rather than letting outsiders do it, the community of San Martin de Amacayacu in southern Colombia, home to the local Ticuna tribe, was joined for the first time by the Matis people of Brazil, for a crash course on film.

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‘Like the Moon’: Astronauts flock to Spanish isle to train

Lanzarote (Spain) (AFP) – German astronaut Alexander Gerst together with other trainees, takes part in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Pangaea training course on the Spanish isle of Lanzarote. The course seeks to give astronauts as well as space engineers and geologists skills needed for expeditions to other planets.”What makes it special is that this place here has lavas that are very, very similar to the ones that we find on the moon,” says Alexander.

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