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Added on the 05/08/2017 14:38:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of military police cars outside Rio de Janeiro's State hospital Getulio Vargas where wounded suspects of a police operation are being treated. At least nine people died in a police operation targeting criminal gangs in a complex da penha favela in Rio de Janeiro, the latest in a series of deadly security force raids across Brazil. IMAGES
Footage released by the US Air Force, shot on 14 March 2023, shows two Russian Su-27 aircraft flying close to a US MQ-9 unmanned aircraft over the Black Sea. The US Air Force has said the Russian jets conducted "an unsafe and unprofessional intercept", dumping fuel on the aircraft and striking its propeller, forcing Washington to bring down the MQ-9 Reaper drone in international waters. Moscow denied its aircraft had damaged the unmanned drone and said on Wednesday that it would try to retrieve the wreckage and also warned that it would react "proportionately" to any future US "provocations" as tensions. IMAGES
Brazilian authorities are on the scene near where a gunman held a busload of passengers hostage in Rio de Janeiro and was later shot dead by police, officials said, ending the hours-long hijacking. IMAGES
Brazilian star striker Neymar leaves a police station in Rio de Janeiro after giving a statement to police for posting intimate WhatsApp messages with Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, who has accused him of rape, on social media. IMAGES
The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon for a year, calling for a "de-escalation" of a recent surge in violence between Israel and armed group Hezbollah. The unanimously adopted resolution says the council "decides to extend the present mandate of UNIFIL until 31st August 2025," referring to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.