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Added on the 06/02/2024 11:37:25 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police presence is heavy outside one of the entrances of the Moscow City Court which is due to begin hearing whether jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose arrest has triggered mass protests, should face up to 2.5 years in prison. Navalny, 44, was detained on January 17 when he returned to Moscow from Berlin, where he had spent months recovering from a poisoning attack in August he blamed on President Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
The suspect of the Southport knife attack arrives at Liverpool Magistrates Court in northwest England in a police convoy. The 17-year-old male was formally charged on 31 July with the murder of three girls and the attempted murder of 10 more people in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. IMAGES
Heavy police presence is seen on Broadway outside Columbia University's campus, raising fears of a clash with student protesters as administrators struggle to contain pro-Palestinian demonstrations. IMAGES
police and an ambulance can be seen outside the ornate Italian church, where two assailants launched an armed attack during a religious ceremony, leaving one person dead, according to Turkey's interior minister. IMAGES
Israeli police deploys in Tel Aviv during a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war nears its 100 days mark. The war, in which Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, began when the militants launched an unprecedented attack on October 7 that resulted in about 1,140 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza since then has killed at least 23,843 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest toll reported by the health ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. IMAGES