Bangkok (AFP) – A Thai soldier killed two people and wounded one other in a shooting at a military facility in Bangkok on Wednesday, police and army officials said. In the aftermath of the shooting, police officers and soldiers guarded the gates of the facility, part of a large complex of military buildings in the north of the capital.
Jakarta (AFP) – Hundreds of protesters join a demonstration in the Indonesian capital Jakarta to oppose the government’s decision to raise fuel prices. The protests have lasted for several days and spread to different cities across the archipelago.
London (AFP) – Crowds gather in droves in London, to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II as her coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace. On Wednesday, the queen’s body will be borne on a horse-drawn gun carriage from her Buckingham Palace home to Westminster Hall where she will remain for four days until her funeral next week.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Four years after the murder of her friend and outspoken black- and LGBTQ-rights campaigner Marielle Franco, Renata Souza carries on the slain Rio de Janeiro city councillor’s fight, running for reelection as a state lawmaker in Brazil’s October 2 elections.
Washington (AFP) – Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko tells the US Congress that the platform ignored his security concerns, before its shareholders decide whether to approve a $44 billion takeover deal that Elon Musk is trying to exit. “To put it bluntly, Twitter leadership ignored its engineers because key parts of leadership lacked competency to understand the scope of the problem,” Zatko, a hacker widely known as “Mudge” who was Twitter’s former security chief, tells the hearing. “But more importantly, their executive incentives led them to prioritize profits over security.” Twitter has dismissed 51-year-old Zatko’s complaint as being without merit.
RAF NORTHOLT (United Kingdom) (AFP) – The Royal Air Force plane carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives in London after being flown from Edinburgh, accompanied by her daughter Princess Anne. The C-17 Globemaster plane, recently used for aid missions in Ukraine, arrives at the Northolt airbase ahead of the queen’s funeral in the British capital on Monday. IMAGES
London (AFP) – Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is brought back to Buckingham Palace from Scotland. The coffin will follow a 38-minute procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday, before lying in state for four full days ahead of the Queen’s funeral. IMAGES
London (AFP) – People welcome King Charles III’s decision to name Kate, Prince William’s wife, the new Princess of Wales. The title of Princess of Wales was formerly held by William’s mother Princess Diana, who died in 1997.
London (AFP) – King Charles III and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, arrive at Buckingham Palace in front of gathered crowds, following a visit to Northern Ireland on Tuesday, where Britain’s new monarch attended a prayer service in memory of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. IMAGES
Edinburgh (AFP) – The aeroplane carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin takes off from Edinburgh airport. The coffin is being flown to London, where it will rest for several days, allowing the public to pay their last respects, before the Queen’s funeral takes place on Monday 19 September. IMAGES
Edinburgh (AFP) – Anne, Princess Royal, and her husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, arrive at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a final vigil to her mother, Queen Elizabeth II, before her coffin is flown from Edinburgh to London. IMAGES
Izyum (Ukraine) (AFP) – In the Ukrainian city of Izyum, the country’s blue and yellow flag has just been raised again over the charred city hall, months after Russian tanks barrelled in. Gleeful residents rush to a hill near a cell phone tower, the only place in town with a signal, to call relatives to share their good news: the Russians are out. Ukrainian soldiers liberated the eastern city at the weekend as the army reclaimed swathes of territory, part of its rapid counter-offensive to beat back Russian soldiers who invaded February 24.
