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Added on the 21/04/2023 12:09:34 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Members of the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion demonstrate in the heart of London, next to the London museum, against the financing of fossil fuel industries by lenders in the City, as part of two weeks of planned action. IMAGES
Climate activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion carry trees to the UK Parliament in a fresh protest action in London. IMAGES
Police are out in force on the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, after calls for more demonstrations against the embattled government of President William Ruto. As protestors gather in the central business district, police in riot gear fire tear gas, repelling some people with batons. Even as street protests have eased since dozens of people were killed and parliament stormed in late June, activists are still demanding the president's resignation, and calling for new rallies using the hashtag "RutoMustGo". IMAGES
Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer returns from Buckingham Palace, saying he has has officially been asked to form the new government "of this great nation", following his party's landslide victory in the general election. SOUNDBITE
Images of 10 Downing Street at first light as the UK wakes up having voted to elect Keir Starmer's Labour Party into power. Labour has won a landslide victory and will form the next government, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. IMAGES