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People walk in front of the India Gate as New Delhi restricts the use of private vehicles for a week in a bid to offer residents some respite from the toxic smog choking the megacity. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
History literally repeated itself recently, as Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1701 re-enacted its astonishing run in the 1911 London-Edinburgh Trial.The car, designed as an 'Experimental Speed Car', won the original event locked in top gear for the entire 799-mile return trip between the two capitals. Given the primitive state of Britain's Edwardian roads, its average speed of 19.59 mph was highly impressive – and its then unheard‑of fuel efficiency of over 24 mpg even more so. To prove that the car had not been modified in any way, it achieved 78.2 mph on a half-mile speed test conducted immediately after the Trial; it also became the first Rolls-Royce to exceed 100 mph in a later test at the fabled Brooklands circuit in Surrey.The re-enactment was as faithful to the 1911 event as possible. The car, now a priceless collector's item and wearing registration R-1075, departed from the Pall Mall headquarters of the Royal Automobile Club (which oversaw the original Trial) at 06.00 on Sunday 5 September 2021, then travelled to Edinburgh on a route that followed the old Great North Road as closely as practicable – locked in top gear just as it was 110 years before.
Moscow, Aug 4 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Yuri Kochetkov) The First Court of Appeal of the General Jurisdiction in Moscow confirmed the decision of the court of the Russian capital to prohibit and liquidate the Fund to Fight Against Corruption (FBK), the Fund for the Protection of Citizens' Rights (FPZG) and the regional headquarters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny which they described as extremist organizations.FOOTAGE OF THE FIRST COURT OF APPEAL OF GENERAL JURISDICTION IN MOSCOW AND THE LAWYERS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION ALEXEI NAVALNY.
Beirut (Lebanon), Jul 13 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Nabil Mounzer) Several people were injured today in clashes between the security forces and relatives of the victims of the August 4, 2020 explosion in the port of Beirut.
Assa Traore, a famous anti-racism activist in France, says her family is relieved after her brother Bagui was acquitted in the trial over the riots that followed their brother Adama Traore's death in police custody in July 2016. But, she adds, "the journey is not yet over," noting that she seeks a trial over Adama's death. SOUNDBITE
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