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Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says French forward Kylian Mbappe’s two-week goal drought is not “enough time to worry,” describing the 25-year-old as “very satisfied, very happy.”

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Images of the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, where Uruguayan football player Juan Manuel Izquierdo died, in Sao Paulo, on August 27. IMAGES

Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announce a planned new treaty between their countries, with Starmer calling it a “once-in-a-generation opportunity”. Speaking in Berlin, Scholz says he is “delighted” that the UK leader will “seek a fresh start in relations with the European Union.”

Mumbai (AFP) – Among the swanky skyscrapers of Mumbai, India’s financial capital, families risk their lives staying in dilapidated buildings as they try to escape the city’s high rents. Hundreds of residential buildings face demolition, with authorities fearing they could collapse — as some have already — due to heavy monsoon rains.

Deir el-Balah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – When 10-month-old Abdel Rahman Abu al-Jedian contracted polio in July, he became the Gaza Strip’s first case of the disease in 25 years. It had previously been detected in water in the war-torn territory, raising the concerns of health services and aid agencies, who are now grappling with how to roll out a mass vaccination program in such a hostile environment.

Jakarta (AFP) – While gambling is illegal in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation — with sentences of up to six years in prison — government figures show around 3.7 million Indonesians engaged in it last year, placing more than $20 billion in bets. The stats prompted President Joko Widodo in June to set up a task force headed by the country’s security minister and that month the government ordered telecoms providers to block overseas gambling websites — typically in Cambodia and the Philippines. In Bogor, south of the capital Jakarta, a clinic at a psychiatry hospital has been treating patients struggling to break their gambling addiction since the beginning of the year. ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES

Kolpur (Pakistan) (AFP) – Pakistani forces hunt separatist militants who killed dozens when they pulled passengers off buses, blew up a bridge and stormed a hotel. The attack on August 26 was one of the worst in the region’s history.

Kolkata (AFP) – Police in India fire tear gas and water cannon as they clash with thousands of protesters seeking justice for a doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata. The demonsrators are calling for the resignation of Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal state.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Two French international rugby players, accused of raping a woman while on tour in Argentina last month, arrive at the Aeroparque airport in Buenos Aires after leaving Mendoza to be “more at ease,” according to their lawyers. Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou have filed a motion to have their case dismissed in order to return to France. IMAGES

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Oasis fans in Manchester and London welcome the news that the band will reunite for a series of shows next year, ending a 15-year feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. “It’s great news,” says Michelle Locke, speaking next to a mural of the Gallaghers in their hometown of Manchester, northern England. Oasis formed in 1991 and have been credited with helping create the Britpop era of that decade.

Paju (South Korea) (AFP) – Standing near the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea, a monitoring device works around the clock, not to track missiles or soldiers, but mosquitoes that could be carrying malaria across the frontier. South Korea has, despite healthcare advances, been unable to completely eradicate the disease, largely due its proximity to the isolated North, where malaria is prevalent.

Bangkok (AFP) – Unloading trucks of sandbags, workers in the Thai capital Bangkok are setting up defences ahead of potential flooding. In recent days, flash flooding, caused by heavy monsoon rains, has killed at least 22 people, according to officials, who have also warned that 31 provinces in the country’s north and northeast were facing possible flooding until Thursday 29 August.