Lima (AFP) – Peruvian presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga votes in Lima during Peru’s presidential elections, joining voters across the country as polls opened for a race featuring 35 candidates. IMAGES
Lima (AFP) – People cast their votes in Lima as polls open in Peru’s presidential and legislative elections, with crime and instability dominating a crowded race to choose the country’s ninth leader in a decade. IMAGES
Lima (AFP) – Election officials wait for people to be let into voting center in Lima to start voting in Peru’s presidential election. Polls open in Peru’s presidential and legislative elections, with crime-weary voters facing a dizzying choice of 35 candidates vying to be the country’s ninth leader in a decade. IMAGES
Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko describes Donald Trump as a “man who destabilises the world” and accuses him of having plunged the world into “chaos” by triggering the war in Iran. Speaking at a press conference on sovereignty in Dakar, Sonko adds, “Mr Trump is not a man of peace.”
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he discussed the “practical plan” needed to resume shipping in the Strait of Hormuz with US President Donald Trump during a Gulf trip following the US-Iran ceasefire. Speaking at the conclusion of the visit, Starmer says he put forward the views of the Gulf states to Trump. “If the ceasefire is to hold, and we hope it will, it has to involve them,” he says, adding: “We spent most of the time on the call talking about the practical plan that’s going to be needed to get navigation through the Strait.”
London (AFP) – Tyson Fury says he is the “hunter, not the hunted” as he prepares to make his return to the ring, again, in a heavyweight bout with Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on 11 April. The former multiple heavyweight champion hasn’t fought since his consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, when he announced his retirement for the fifth time.
Djibouti (AFP) – Polls open in Djibouti’s capital as the country’s president Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to win reelection, extending his 27-year rule of the tiny, highly strategic Horn of Africa nation.
Nabatieh (Lebanon) (AFP) – Smoke billows as medics work to retrieve victims after an Israeli strike near a government facility in Nabatiyeh killed at least 10 members of the country’s State Security agency, a source from a government agency told AFP. The attack is one of many Israeli strikes on Lebanon in recent days, as the two sides begin bilateral negotiations to end the war that has left nearly 1,900 people in Lebanon dead.
Lima (AFP) – Keiko Fujimori, the once combative founder of the right-wing Popular Force party, closes her presidential campaign in Lima. The former congresswoman is attempting to break a three-election losing streak, which saw her defeated each time in the runoff. IMAGES
Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Lebanon declares a national day of mourning after Israeli strikes pummelled the country on 8 April, killing more than 200 people and calling into question the ceasefire between the United States and Iran after conflicting messages about the country’s inclusion in the truce. While the US and Israel insist Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire deal, Iran has since said that Lebanon is an “inseparable part” of the agreement and other countries have urged the warring parties to extend the truce to Lebanon ahead of further peace talks in Pakistan.
Moscow (AFP) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that Russia “poses no threat to any country” and concerns raised by France’s top general are “absolutely unfounded”. France’s chief of the defence staff General Fabien Mandon said the possibility of a war with Russia in the next few years remained his “primary concern” as he defended efforts to ramp up defence spending.
El Rosario (Mexico) (AFP) – A worker trapped for two weeks after a mine collapsed in northwestern Mexico is rescued by military divers. Rescuers continue to search for another miner who was trapped when the gold and silver mine in the state of Sinaloa caved in on March 25, trapping four men, killing two of them. Accidents are not uncommon in mines in Mexico, where some operate clandestinely or with substandard equipment and safety.
