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Min-Kush (AFP) – With the nuclear disposal work entering its final stages, Min-Kush, a town in central Kyrgyzstan, hopes to move on soon from its radioactive past. Three decades on from Soviet independence, Kyrgyzstan is still dealing with the consequences of the nuclear arms race in the Cold War, when Central Asia provided the Soviet Union with all of its uranium. “We have good ideas for turning the village into a tourist base,” says Ilgiz Ernis, the town’s deputy mayor.

Lima (AFP) – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte hosts Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah for a state visit ahead of the APEC summit in Lima. Leaders and representatives of the APEC 21 member economies and other commercial guests will meet in the capital from November 14 to 16. IMAGES

Lima (AFP) – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah hold a bilateral meeting in the Government Palace, in Lima, during a state visit ahead of the APEC summit. IMAGES

Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) – On the streets of Pakistan’s second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows.

Paris (AFP) – Every day from Paris, Radio Erena broadcasts to the Eritrean diaspora but also directly to the inhabitants of this country in the Horn of Africa, a veritable information black hole. However, due to a lack of funding, the dissident radio station is threatened with closure after 15 years of existence. “It’s a collective mission, a mission of hope, we wanted to hear the voice of the public,” says the station’s editor-in-chief, Amanuel Ghimai Bhata.

Paiporta (Spain) (AFP) – Members of Spain’s Emergency Military Unit (UME) work overnight to clean the streets of Paiporta, the area hardest hit on October 29 by Spain’s worst floods in generation. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces fresh measures worth almost 3.8 billion euros to help stricken citizens recover from the disaster that killed 222 people.

Baku (AFP) – COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev says people suffering from climate change “need more than compassion, more than prayers and paperwork,” adding they are “crying out for leadership and action,” as the UN climate talk event kicks off in Baku.

Kabul (AFP) – An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Saturday, marking a first since the Taliban government came to power. OF KANDAHAR

Amman (AFP) – When war erupted in Gaza, Palestinian artists had only one way to share their work expressing the harrowing reality of the conflict: having it smuggled out of the besieged territory. In the Jordanian capital Amman, Darat al-Funun art gallery is exhibiting pieces in a show entitled “Under Fire”.

Berlin (AFP) – A ‘freedom’ party is held at the Brandenberg Gate and art installations line the route where the wall stood. The historic moment 35 years ago led to the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany.

Amsterdam (AFP) – “A full investigation will take place in the Netherlands on the question if the Dutch authorities, if we, as Dutch authorities, acted properly,” says Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp while meeting his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar in Amsterdam. Saar’s visit comes a few days after violent clashes erupted in Amsterdam following a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax.

Calais (France) (AFP) – Beyond the ever-growing list of refugees who have died in the Channel while trying to reach England, another list exists – that of the missing. For two long weeks, Osama, a young Syrian, has been searching for his father, who he lost contact when their dinghy sank.