Berlin (AFP) – Dozens of Kate Bush fans dressed in red dresses gather in a park in Germany’s capital Berlin to dance together to the British singer’s cult hit Wuthering Heights. This was just one of a number of similar events taking place across the world, a global tradition known as “The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever” which dates back to 2013.
Basel (Switzerland) (AFP) – Germany players train on the eve of their Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final against France. “We’re convinced of our strengths, we know we have a lot of qualities, both offensively and defensively,” says French captain Griedge Mbock during a press conference ahead of the game. The winner will face Spain in the semi-finals.
Damascus (AFP) – Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa renews his pledge to protect minorities, after sectarian clashes left more than 700 people dead in the Druze-majority province of Sweida.
Ha Long (Vietnam) (AFP) – Rescuers continue to search for more than a dozen people missing after their boat capsized in a storm in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay. According to state media, 34 people have died and the boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members. Most of those on board were families visiting from the capital Hanoi with more than 20 children among the passengers, the VNExpress news site said.
Lima (AFP) – Images released by the Peruvian National Police show a special squad, including an officer disguised as the popular character “El Chapulin Colorado”, raiding a house in northern of Lima and arresting five suspected members of a gang involved in drug trafficking.
Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Surfers ride the wave on the Eisbach (“ice brook”) in Munich’s Englischer Garten park as it reopens with new guidelines after two months of closure, following the drowning of a 33-year-old woman during a night-time winter surf.
Maiquetía (Venezuela) (AFP) – Venezuelan migrants, freed from a notorious Salvadoran prison where they had been sent by the United States, arrive in Caracas. IMAGES
San Luis Talpa (El Salvador) (AFP) – A plane carrying ten US citizens to be repatriated arrives in El Salvador from Venezuela, as part of a highly coordinated prisoner swap between Caracas and Washington. IMAGES
Maiquetía (Venezuela) (AFP) – A second flight from El Salvador with Venezuelan repatriated migrants arrives to Maiquetia’s Airport, as part of an exchange for US detainees. The 252 prisoners were sent in March to El Salvador’s feared CECOT prison for gang members after being accused, with no evidence, by Donald Trump’s administration of belonging to the Tren de Aragua criminal group. IMAGES
Caracas (AFP) – A flight from the US transporting migrants lands at a Caracas airport. IMAGES
San Luis Talpa (El Salvador) (AFP) – Venezuelan migrants jailed in El Salvador get on a repatriation flight at San Oscar Romero International Airport in San Luis Talpa. “Today, we have handed over all the Venezuelan nationals detained in our country, accused of being part of the criminal organization Tren de Aragua,” El Salvador President Nayib Bukele writes on X. IMAGES
Sao Paulo (AFP) – As US President Donald Trump threatens to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America’s largest economy, protesters in Brazil’s economic capital of Sao Paulo rally in defense of jobs, local businesses, and national sovereignty. The July 9 announcement, in which Trump vows steep tariffs as retaliation for what he calls a “witch hunt” against his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro, has drawn criticism in Brazil. Demonstrators stage a symbolic “arrest” of both leaders by dressing up as Trump and Bolsonaro, complete with police uniforms. IMAGES
