Sudan unrest live news: Explosions, shooting rock Khartoum
- Heavy gunfire and blasts were reported in Sudan’s capital Khartoum following days of tension between the armed forces and a powerful paramilitary group.
- Shooting and blasts took place in the vicinity of Sudan’s army headquarters, the defence ministry, and the airport in Khartoum.
Gunfire coming from presidential palace has ‘died out’: AJ Correspondent
Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum, said gunfire can still be heard around the capital.
“The gunfire coming from the presidential palace died out,” she said. “It means that either the RSF or the Sudanese army is in control, but we are not sure yet who is in control of the presidential palace,” Morgan said, adding that the facility has a symbolic significance.
She also said clashes are ongoing around the location of state TV in Khartoum.
Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum, said gunfire can still be heard around the capital.
“The gunfire coming from the presidential palace died out,” she said. “It means that either the RSF or the Sudanese army is in control, but we are not sure yet who is in control of the presidential palace,” Morgan said, adding that the facility has a symbolic significance.
She also said clashes are ongoing around the location of state TV in Khartoum.
Japan’s PM escapes explosion unharmed after suspected attack
Man detained after what looked like a smoke bomb was thrown at Fumio Kishida just before speech
The Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has escaped unhurt after he was apparently targeted by an explosive device on Saturday morning. It comes less than a year after the country’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was shot dead while making a campaign speech.
Kishida was safely evacuated after the incident, while a suspect – named by Japanese media as Ryuji Kimura, 24, a resident of Hyogo prefecture – was arrested at the scene, reports said.
Kishida was visiting Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture, western Japan, to support his ruling Liberal Democratic party’s candidate in a local election when a device exploded.
Poland prohibits food imports from Ukraine to soothe farmers
Poland’s government says it has decided to temporarily prohibit grain and other food imports from Ukraine
Poland's government said Saturday that it has decided to temporarily prohibit grain and other food imports from Ukraine as it seeks to soothe the rising anger of Polish farmers, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market.
Ruling party leader Jarosław Kaczyński said at a party convention in eastern Poland that the Polish countryside is facing a “moment of crisis,” and that while Poland supports Ukraine, it was forced to act to protect its farmers.
“Today, the government has decided on a regulation that prohibits the importation of grain, but also dozens of other types of food, to Poland,” Kaczyński said.
Brazil: Bolsonaro to be questioned over riots
Bolsonaro's critics accuse the former president of instigating the January 8 riots by inflaming his supporters with attacks on Lula and by repeatedly criticizing Brazil's voting system.
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to appear before federal police within 10 days for questioning regarding his involvement in the January 8 storming of government buildings by his supporters.
The order was given by Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after a request for Bolsonaro's testimony was filed by the Prosecutor General's Office, which said it was an "indispensable" step to clarify the events of that day.
"I grant the request by the prosecutor general's office and determine the federal police must take Jair Messias Bolsonaro's testimony within a maximum of 10 days," de Moraes wrote in the ruling, according to the AFP news agency.
India’s manual scavengers: ‘They drink because they can’t stand the smell’
Waist-deep in sewage, wearing no safety gear, heavily intoxicated to withstand the stench: these are India’s so-called “manual scavengers”, paid scant wages to carry out a job that is illegal and dangerous. Videos shared with the FRANCE 24 Observers team show how manual scavenging is still occurring in India, allowing municipalities to cut costs and clear sewage ahead of the monsoon season.
They use their hands and makeshift tools to clear garbage and sewage from the water lines. Removing human excrement from septic tanks and open sewers by hand, otherwise known as “manual scavenging”, still occurs on a regular basis despite being banned in India since 2013.
A number of manual scavengers were seen working in several locations in Mumbai on April 13, intoxicated and without safety equipment, as part of monsoon preparation work by the municipality.
This popular Italian region is imposing restrictions on tourists
As Europe sells out and hordes of tourists descend on Italy for what looks set to be a busy summer season, one region has capped visitor numbers in a bid to prevent overtourism.
The autonomous region of Alto Adige, also known as Bolzano - South Tyrol, in the north of the country, has introduced a limit on overnight visitors, capping numbers to 2019 levels and imposing a ban on any new accommodation openings – unless another has closed.
The region, which borders Austria, is one of the best-known gateways to the Dolomite mountains, with visitors pouring in to see spectacular craggy peaks which glow pink at sunset, dreamy glacial lakes, and cute Tyrolean towns, where they gorge on dumplings, drink local beer and practice their German – since the province is bilingual.
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