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Semboja (Indonesia) (AFP) – Experts fear the impact Indonesia’s new capital city may have on orangutans and other wildlife as Nusantara is being carved out of dense jungle on Borneo. The island is home to the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Center, which the government has promised it will not move. The foundation which runs it says it will continue to manage the site despite concerns over potential environmental damage caused by the rapid development of the city.

Doha (AFP) – Hundreds of mourners perform Friday and funeral prayers for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on mats outside the largest mosque in Qatar, where the group’s political chief will be laid to rest. Haniyeh was killed in Tehran in an attack Iran blamed on Israel, and which deepened fears of a wider war.

Villepinte (France) (AFP) – “It’s not a black and white issue,” says IOC spokesman Mark Adams after Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s 46-second win at the Paris Olympics sparked a furious row about gender eligibility rules. Khelif advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s 66kg category after unloading two strong punches to the face of Italian Angela Carini, who had blood on her shorts and was unable to carry on because of a badly hurt nose.

Wayanad (India) (AFP) – Aaerial images show the extent of damage caused by India’s deadly landslides. More than 200 people are known to have died in the disaster which followed days of torrential moonsoon rains.

various (AFP) – US journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.

Nanterre (France) (AFP) – “We’ve found the next flag bearer for Los Angeles” says one spectator at the Paris La Défense Arena, as France’s golden boy Leon Marchand was back in the pool after just four hours of sleep following his back-to-back golds. Marchand now has his sights set on a fourth title and the 200m medley, the final of which takes place on August 2.

Chasiv Yar (Ukraine) (AFP) – Once a vibrant industrial hub, Chasiv Yar in Ukraine’s east has been transformed into a smouldering wreck of mostly deserted streets and empty buildings. As Moscow’s troops close in on the town’s suburbs, unleashing non-stop bombardment since April, outgunned Ukrainian troops have turned to the drones to slow their enemy’s advance.

Coimbra (Portugal) (AFP) – Armed with big beats and a clerical collar, Father Guilherme has become an unlikely rising star in Portugese electronic music, a medium he uses to transmit “a message of hope and faith” to young people, many of whom are not at all religious. N°364U4K2

Sydney (AFP) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urges citizens to leave Lebanon amid fears the war in Gaza could escalate into a region-wide conflict. The warning came after Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said that senior military commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on a south Beirut building, alongside the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Tehran (AFP) – Thousands of Iranians crowd the streets of Tehran for the funeral procession of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh who was killed in the early hours of July 31 in a strike blamed on Israel. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threatened a “harsh punishment” for his killing.

Istanbul (AFP) – From Morocco to Pakistan, thousands of people across the Islamic world have taken to the streets to condemn the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in a strike in Iran.

Dhaka (AFP) – Hundreds of students take to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka to demand justice for their fellow students who have been killed in recent protests over quotas in government jobs. At least 206 people were killed last month during some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s tenure, sparked by student demonstrations against civil service hiring rules.