El Paso (United States) (AFP) – Images of the situation in El Paso, Texas, near the US-Mexico border, where migrants wait on the streets as the United States is girding for the arrival of thousands of migrants this week, with the lapse of pandemic-era rules that have made claiming asylum at the border all but impossible.
Canaã dos Carajás (Brazil) (AFP) – Undercover and on high alert, Brazilian “garimpeiros” — or “prospectors” — seek to cash in on the country’s rich mineral reserves, digging for metals in Canaa dos Carajas. The region is home to an estimated 100 illegal mines, as well as the huge S11D iron-ore mine which has, since opening in 2016, tripled the size of the city of Canaa and made it the richest in Brazil in 2020.
Taoyuan (Taiwan) (AFP) – Faced with the increasingly militaristic rhetoric and actions of China, Taiwan has opened training for its army reservists to women for the first time. Taipei announced in January that it would allow more than 200 women to volunteer for the training, with military analysts urging the island nation to bolster its forces and prepare the civilian population for a potential invasion.
Images released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party allegedly show the moment former prime minister, Imran Khan, was arrested during a court appearance in Islamabad. Khan was in court for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted from office last year.
New York (AFP) – E. Jean Carroll, the former columnist accusing ex-US President Donald Trump of rape and defamation, arrives at a New York court as the jury prepares to deliberate. Images also show the arrival of Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina and a handful of Carroll supporters outside the courthouse with signs.
Berlin (AFP) – Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang warns the European Union against imposing sanctions on Chinese companies over Russia, saying it would take action to protect their interests.
Riyadh (AFP) – Images released by the Saudi Tourism Ministry show Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi spending time with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo and their children during his visit to the capital Riyadh. Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will play in Saudi Arabia next season under a blockbuster deal, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told AFP.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – During a press conference in Kyiv with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slams restrictions on grain exports from his war-torn country that were imposed by neighbouring EU nations.
Unknown (AFP) – Pro-Kremlin paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin accuses a Russian military unit of having fled its positions near Bakhmut in east Ukraine, now the epicentre of fighting.
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – L’UE ne doit pas être “intimidée” par la démonstration de force organisée par Vladimir Poutine à Moscou et doit rester “ferme” dans son soutien à l’Ukraine, a affirmé mardi le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz devant le Parlement européen.
Geneva (AFP) – Heavy fighting in Sudan has led to 700,000 people being internally displaced since the middle of April, the United Nations says, adding the figure had doubled in a week. “There are now more than 700,000 internally displaced by the fighting which began on April 15,” Paul Dillon, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration says. IMAGES
Geneva (AFP) – More than 600 people were killed last month in violence in the capital of Haiti, which is in the grip of a political-economic crisis, the United Nations says. “In the month of April alone, more than 600 people were killed in a new wave of extreme violence that hit several districts across the capital,” says the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. IMAGES
