Mexico City (AFP) – Clashes erupt during a protest in Mexico City on the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students. Investigators last month branded the atrocity a “state crime” involving the military and other institutions.
Tokyo (AFP) – Members of the public lay flowers to honour assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe, as thousands of Japanese and foreign dignitaries gather in Tokyo on Tuesday at a rare state funeral that has sparked controversy and protest.
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Young Ukrainian ‘geeks’ make drones — for both reconnaissance and destruction — in the basement of a house near the Donbas frontline. A short distance from their base and less than two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Russian lines, a navigator and a pilot prepare a drone to drop a bomb on Russian positions.
Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he is confident that Russian citizens who have gone abroad will eventually return home at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi. “Let them run” he says, adding that the “majority” of those who left Belarus in 2020 are “asking: take us back”.
LARSI CHECKPOINT (Georgia) (AFP) – Russian vehicles flock to cross the Georgian border after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation. Regional Russian authorities says 2,300 private vehicles were waiting to enter Georgia at one crossing.
Rome (AFP) – Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni says she is ready to govern for “all Italians” after her eurosceptic populists swept to victory in general elections, putting her on course to guide Italy’s most right-wing government since World War II.
Bushehr (Iran) (AFP) – Protesters cheer as a woman burns her headscarf in Iran’s southwestern city of Bushehr. Demonstrations have rocked major cities across Iran for 10 straight nights, since the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.
Geneva (AFP) – The Fortune Pink, an exceptionally rare giant gemstone, will be auctioned in Geneva on November 8, when it is expected to fetch up to $35 million. Christie’s says that the vividly coloured gem is the largest pink pear-shaped diamond ever to be offered for sale at auction.
An Giang (Vietnam) (AFP) – Tens of thousands of spectators gathered in southern Vietnam Saturday for the annual Bay Nui ox race, a celebrated ritual of the country’s Khmer minority.
Paris (AFP) – Protesters in Paris gather for a second consecutive day to express outrage at the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Iran’s morality police last week, and to show solidarity with the protests that have erupted in Iran.
San Ildefonso (Philippines) (AFP) – Residents in Bulakan province in the Philippines scramble to move their belongings and livestock to higher ground after heavy rains brought by Super Typhoon Noru submerged their properties.
Hong Kong (AFP) – The retired 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal Joseph Zen arrives at court where he will go on trial alongside four fellow democracy supporters for their role in running a fund to help defend people arrested in anti-government protests. Cardinal Zen, one of Asia’s highest-ranking Catholic clerics, was originally detained earlier this year under a national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong to quell dissent.
