VIDEO: Members of the public lay flowers to honour assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe, as thousands of Japanese and foreign dignitaries gather in Tokyo on Tuesday at a rare state funeral that has sparked controversy and protest
Thousands of Japanese have offered flowers and prayers in honour of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe ahead of a controversial state funeral attended by hundreds of foreign dignitaries
Protesters demonstrate against the state funeral for Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on September 27.
Polls show 60% of Japanese oppose the decision to give Abe a state funeral - only the second for a former premier in the post-war period
#BREAKING State funeral for assassinated ex-Japan PM Abe begins
#UPDATE State funeral for Japan's assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe begins, with his widow Akie carrying his ashes into Tokyo's Budokan hall where thousands of mourners have gathered.
Dressed in a black kimono, Akie carried the ashes as a 19-gun salute sounded
Japanese and foreign dignitaries have paid tribute to assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe at a controversial state funeral, as long lines of people gathered to offer flowers and prayers
VIDEO: The ashes of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are carried by his widow Akie into the Nippon Budokan venue in Tokyo as the controversial state funeral attended by Japanese and foreign dignitaries begins
VIDEO: Hundreds of protesters against the publicly funded state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gather in a street near the Nippon Budokan.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was shot dead on July 8 while campaigning
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
https://t.co/PDuskr13ZGu.afp.com/izzr
#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub