Agde (AFP) – In southern France, a woman has been ordered by a court to keep her cat indoors after a neighbour complained the animal kept jumping into his garden. Animal rights groups have warned the ruling could set a dangerous precedent, forcing owners to keep their cats on leads.
Santiago (AFP) – Candidates are concluding their campaigns ahead of Chile’s first-round election on November 16. The race has been dominated by issues surrounding crime and migration, with polls showing communist Jeannette Jara and hardline conservative Jose Antonio Kast neck-and-neck.
Santiago du Chili (AFP) – Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast holds a closing campaign rally ahead of the election on November 16. The 59-year-old lawyer and presidential candidate is the son of a former soldier in Hitler’s Nazi army, who emigrated to Chile after the war. IMAGES
Santiago du Chili (AFP) – The presidential candidate of the Chilean Communist Party, Jeannette Jara, concludes her campaign in Maipu Square, Santiago de Chile, alongside her supporters. The 51-year-old candidate promises an agenda against crime and with stricter immigration controls. IMAGES
Belém (Brésil) (AFP) – Scene after dozen Indigenous protesters scuffle with security agents at COP30 in Belem while attempting to enter the site, a rare incident for a UN climate conference. The Indigenous people were protesting and dancing in front of the COP30 entrance in the evening, then entered the building where security agents physically pushed them back. Security later barricaded the entrances with tables and furniture. IMAGES
Dublin (AFP) – Catherine Connolly, a leftwinger, is inaugurated as Ireland’s new president following a landslide election win last month. Although Connolly’s role has limited political power, her tenure could nonetheless herald an era of increased friction between Ireland’s presidency and centre-right government.
Kfar Saba (Israel) (AFP) – People attend the funeral of Israeli officer Hadar Goldin, killed in Gaza in 2014, whose remains were returned from the Palestinian territory on Sunday. Since the US-brokered truce began on October 10, Hamas has returned all 20 living hostages and the remains of 24 captives, including 21 Israelis.
Lima (AFP) – Peruvian police seize “more than 6 tons of shark fins” in Callao, Lima, a highly sought-after ingredient for soups and aphrodisiac concoctions, which were to be illegally exported to Asia, according to the National Criminal Investigation Directorate.
Ayn Tarma (Syria) (AFP) – Syrians share their frustration following a recent decision to massively hike electricity prices, even as much of the country continues to face extensive outages. “We thought life would get better for everyone and we would have money,” says Alaa Mussa, a street vendor in Damascus, adding that the government is “suffocating us even more” than Assad’s regime.
Moscow (AFP) – Russia denounces as illegal and unacceptable US strikes on boats from Venezuela — a Moscow ally — that Washington says are transporting drugs. “This is how, in general, lawless countries act, as well as those who consider themselves above the law,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says, accusing the US of using the “pretext of fighting drug trafficking.”
Islamabad (Pakistan) (AFP) – Islamabad is left reeling after a suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 12 people, a rare attack by the militant group on the country’s capital. “It was a massive, loud bang,” lawyer Rustam Saleem tells AFP near the crime scene. “I saw body parts strewn around and a few burnt corpses.”
Belém (Brésil) (AFP) – A future Democratic president would rejoin the Paris climate accord “without hesitation,” says California Governor Gavin Newsom, slamming President Donald Trump for pulling the United States out of the deal. “It’s an abomination that he has twice, not once, pulled away from the accord,” he adds from Belem, the Brazilian Amazon city hosting the UN’s COP30 climate summit. SOUNDBITE
