#BREAKING UN chief urges 'massive investments' for Pakistan flood recovery, adding that the country is a victim of 'morally bankrupt global financial system'
Floods in Pakistan.
#AFPGraphics map of floods in Pakistan in July and August 2022, with figures on the extent of damage as well as their impact in the country
#UPDATE UN chief calls for "massive investments" to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods, saying the country was "doubly victimised" by climate change and a "morally bankrupt global financial system"
#UPDATE UN chief Antonio Guterress called on Monday for "massive investments" to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and better resist climate change, as financial pledges poured in
#BREAKING Pakistan says has received pledges of over $9 billion for flood recovery
Pakistan received pledges of more than $9 billion on Monday to help the country recover from last year's catastrophic floods and improve its resilience to the ravages of climate change.
#BREAKING Brazil's Lula visits scene of riots in capital: TV Globo
#UPDATE Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the ransacked presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court after supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the buildings, TV network Globo reports
📸The destruction caused in the Supreme Court
Brazil police wrest back seat of power from pro-Bolsonaro rioters.
Security forces used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon to fight back rioters who ran rampage through the halls of power in Brasilia until they were finally subdued
#BREAKING
Bolsonaro supporters break into Brazil Congress building, presidential palace: social media
Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building Sunday in a dramatic protest against President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration last week.
#BREAKING Russia insists it is observing Ukraine ceasefire despite Kyiv attacks
#UPDATE Russia said its forces had repelled a number of attacks in eastern Ukraine and killed dozens of troops.
Ukraine's armed forces said Russia launched one missile strike and fired 20 rounds from multiple rocket launchers over the past 24 hours.
#UPDATE Ukraine has dismissed the halt -- due to last until the end of Saturday (2100 GMT) -- as a tactic by Russia to gain time to regroup its forces and bolster its defences following a series of battlefield setbacks. u.afp.com/iMsb
#BREAKING Didier Deschamps extends stay as France coach until 2026: official
#UPDATE Didier Deschamps said on Saturday he will remain France coach until the 2026 World Cup after leading the team to the final of the last two editions. #AFPSports
#UPDATE It had been reported that the French Football Federation (FFF) only wanted to give Deschamps a two-year extension but the 54-year-old coach insisted on staying in charge until the next World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. #AFPSports u.afp.com/iMs7
#BREAKING Republican McCarthy elected speaker of US House
#UPDATE Kevin McCarthy was named as the new speaker of the US House of Representatives on Saturday, ending days of bitter Republican infighting that ground the lower chamber of Congress to a standstill.
The 57-year-old Californian needed a simple majority to be elected as Washington's top legislator, who presides over House business and is second in line to the presidency.
VIDEO: Smoke billows from a vehicle in flames amid a security operation in northwest Mexico, where security forces captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
#BREAKING 29 killed in operation to arrest drug kingpin son: Mexican government
#UPDATE Ten soldiers and 19 criminal suspects were killed in the operation to arrest Ovidio Guzman, son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican government said Friday.