Poonch (India) (AFP) – People flee Poonch in Indian-administered Kashmir as heavy shelling hits, killing at least eight in the town, which is situated close to the de facto border with Pakistan. Dozens of munitions, about one per minute for an hour, landed on the town, hitting several buildings, according to an AFP correspondent. IMAGES
Hyderabad City (Pakistan) (AFP) – Pakistani protesters burn an Indian flag in a demonstration in Hyderabad after New Delhi launched missile strikes on its arch-rival in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbours. IMAGES
Muridke (Pakistan) (AFP) – Ambulances are seen outside a damaged building of the Government Health and Educational complex after Indian strikes in Muridke, about 30 kilometres from Lahore. IMAGES
Poonch (India) (AFP) – Smoke rises at multiple sites in the town of Poonch, near the Line of Control in India-administered Kashmir, as India exchanges artillery fire with Pakistan. IMAGES
Poonch (India) (AFP) – A flare is seen in the sky above India-administered Kashmir, after India fired missiles at Pakistani territory in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, with Islamabad vowing retaliation. IMAGES
Tegucigalpa (AFP) – Images of security forces deployed outside a bilingual school in Tegucigalpa after the US embassy in Honduras warned of a “threat of mass shooting” in three locations in the capital, prompting police to set up special surveillance. The diplomatic mission frequently alerts US citizens about possible risks due to criminal violence or at times of festivities in the Central American country. The embassy said on his website it has “received information of a threat of a mass shooting to take place today, May 6, in Tegucigalpa,” adding that “the source also threatened such an event on May 16.” IMAGES
Brasilia (AFP) – Images of David Gamble, Trump Administration’s Sanctions Coordinator, after meeting with representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice in Brasilia. IMAGES
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – The EU unveils a long-promised plan to phase out its last gas imports from Russia by the end of 2027, a challenge given Europe’s continued dependence on Russian fossil fuels. The two-step plan would put an end to new contracts and existing short-term spot contracts with Russian suppliers by the end of 2025. All remaining imports would be banned by the end of 2027.
Geneva (AFP) – The UN accuses Israel of trying to “weaponise” the flow of aid into Gaza, leaving the population desperate for food and water while delivering them “bombs” instead. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) decries the worsening situation in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory after nearly nine weeks of a total Israeli blockade on Gaza.
Harlow (United Kingdom) (AFP) – 80 years after helping prepare British troops for the D-Day landings in France as a signaller, Dorothea Barron teaches yoga in her English village at the age of 100. “Everybody had this spirit in the war: ‘We do not want the Nazis in England, get rid of them’,” says the centenarian who signed up aged 18 for the Women’s Royal Naval Service.
Alcatraz Island (United States) (AFP) – “He says things. And sometimes he does them, and sometimes he doesn’t. So who knows,” says Bill Keyser, a tourist from Chicago at Alcatraz prison, which closed in 1963 and is now a sightseeing destination. US President Donald Trump announced an order to resurrect the once-notorious island prison out of the blue over the weekend in a social media post. Under plans to reopen, Trump says the facility would “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.”
New York (AFP) – Stars hit the Met Gala’s red carpet, which this year spotlights the subversive style of Black dandyism. The theme comes five years after the anti-racist Black Lives Matter movement, which pushed a number of cultural institutions in the United States to grapple with their representation of race and diversity, and now coincides with US President Donald Trump’s efforts to quash institutional initiatives to promote diversity.
