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Marchers call for police reform and accountability one year after George Floyd's death

Date:MAY 25, 2026 Hundreds of protesters marched the streets of Brooklyn on Tuesday (May 25) one year after the death of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning over U.S. racial injustice. Marchers called for police reform and accountability a year after Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man died in handcuffs with his neck pinned to a Minneapolis street under a white police officer's knee, became the face of a national movement against police brutality and bias in the U.S. criminal justice system. Legislation has been pursued in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia to increase the accountability or oversight of police, and 24 states have enacted new laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. (Production: Hussein Waaile, Roselle Chen, Kia Johnson and Shannon Stapelton) (Caption:2024WD-USA-RACE_GEORGEFLOYD_NEW_YORK_MARCH_O_)

日付：2026年5月25日

RM 166080340

Clashes erupt after funeral for Palestinian killed in West Bank protests

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Hundreds of Palestinians on Friday (July 30) attended the funeral of a man killed by Israeli forces in clashes that erupted on Thursday during the funeral of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by soldiers a day earlier, the Palestinian health ministry said. Witnesses said hundreds of Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli forces during Friday's burial near the town of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said troops "responded with riot dispersal means, 22 calibre bullets and live fire into the air". The Palestinian health ministry said Shawkat Awad, 20, was hit by the Israeli gunfire and died in hospital. They said another 12 protesters were wounded. Clashes between Israeli army and Palestinians hurling stones erupted in the town again on Friday (July 30) after funeral procession. The West Bank is among territories where Palestinians seek statehood. Violence has simmered there since U.S.-sponsored talks between the Palestinians and Israel broke down in 2014. (Production: Roleen Tafakji, Mohammed Abu Ganeyeh) ( Original Title: Clashes erupt after funeral for Palestinian killed in West Bank protests ) ( Caption: 5078WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月30日

RM 165880443

【映像】強襲揚陸艦火災で水兵を起訴　海軍は起訴内容明らかにせず

サンディエゴ、カリフォルニア州、７月30日（AP）― 米西海岸カリフォルニア州サンディエゴで改修中の米海軍ワスプ級強襲揚陸艦｢ボノム･リシャール｣で発生した艦内火災で、海軍は７月29日、当時同艦の乗組員だった水兵１人を起訴した。 　同艦は４日間燃え続けたこの火災の影響で、艦体だけでなく、電気系統や機械系統の損傷が著しく、最終的に廃艦処分となり、海軍にとって大きな痛手となった。 　サンディエゴの第３艦隊司令部は、当時乗組員だった水兵を起訴したが、起訴に至った動機や証拠、容疑などについては明らかにしていない。 　火災は昨年７月12日、改修中の同艦の下層倉庫から発生。サンディエゴ湾から吹き付ける海風にあおられて、火はエレベーターシャフトや換気口から上層甲板に広がり、２度の大爆発を起こすに至った。 　当時、同艦には約160人の将兵と民間人が乗っていたが、60人以上が熱性疲労や煙を吸い込むなどして手当を受けた。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2021年7月30日

RM 166013166

Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian boy killed by Israeli army

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Hundreds of Palestinians attended on Thursday (July 29) the funeral of a 12-year-old boy who was shot dead by Israeli troops on Wednesday as he was riding in a car with his father in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The Israeli military said one of its soldiers had opened fire towards the car's wheels after concluding that the vehicle had been involved in "suspicious activity" earlier in the day. Palestinians dispute the account. "We are looking into the claim that a Palestinian minor was killed as a result of the gunfire. The incident is being reviewed by senior commanding officers," the military said in a statement. The boy was shot in the chest, the Palestinian health ministry said following the incident in the Palestinian village of Beit Ummar, near Hebron in the southern West Bank. He died several hours after being rushed to a nearby hospital. After his funeral, clashes erupted between stone hurling Palestinians and Israeli soldiers, Reuters witnesses said. The West Bank is among territories where Palestinians seek statehood. Violence has simmered there since U.S.-sponsored talks between the Palestinians and Israel broke down in 2014. (Production: Yousri al Jamal, Mussa al Qawasma, Rinat Harash) ( Original Title: Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian boy killed by Israeli army ) ( Caption: 4215WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_VIOLENCE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月29日

RM 166013129

Armenia wants Russian army outposts on Azerbaijan border amid tensions

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed on Thursday (July 29) that Russian border outposts be stationed along the length of Armenia's border with Azerbaijan after a rise in tensions between Yerevan and Baku. Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other earlier on Thursday of flouting a Russian-backed ceasefire that both sides had accepted the previous day to halt deadly clashes over their joint border, which Yerevan wants demarcated. "Given the current situation, I think it makes sense to consider the question of stationing outposts of Russian border guards along the entire length of the Armenian-Azeri border," Pashinyan said during a government meeting. He said Yerevan was preparing to discuss the proposal with Moscow and that the move would allow work to be carried out on the demarcation and delimitation of the border without the risk of military clashes. The Kremlin said it was in close contact with both Armenia and Azerbaijan, but declined comment on Pashinyan's proposal. Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet republics, are watched closely abroad for any threat to Azeri gas and oil pipelines and the risk of regional powers Turkey and Russia being dragged into any conflict. Armenia's defense ministry said Azeri troops had opened fire on Armenian positions at the Gegharkunik section of the border early on Thursday, prompting Armenia to return fire. It later said the situation was calm. Azerbaijan's defense ministry said Armenian forces had fired with machine guns and grenade launchers towards a village in the Kelbajar region, and had thrown hand grenades. It said its forces returned fire. The ceasefire was called on Wednesday after one of the deadliest border incidents since last year's six-week war between ethnic Armenian forces and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region and surrounding areas. Armenia said three of its soldiers were killed and four wounded. Azerbaijan said two of its soldiers were wounded. In fighting from last September to November, Azeri troops drove ethnic Armenian forces out of swathes of territory they had controlled since the 1990s in and around Nagorno-Karabakh before Russia brokered a ceasefire. A border dispute has since flared up, with Armenia and Azerbaijan accusing each other of incursions into each others' territory, highlighting the fragility of the ceasefire. (Production: Anastasia Adasheva, Shamil Zhumatov) ( Original Title: Armenia wants Russian army outposts on Azerbaijan border amid tensions ) ( Caption: 4150WD-ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN__O_ )

日付：2021年7月29日

RM 166005018

South African businesses bet on townships despite unrest

Lucky Lekgwathi is a well-known South African retired footballer and entrepreneur. But his exploits for club and country did not spare his business from the mass looting that took place during riots this month, after former President Jacob Zuma handed himself in to start a 15-month jail term for contempt of court. More than 300 people died and about 3,000 stores were looted, over half of them belonging to major retailers and fast-food brands. Speaking to Reuters inside his ransacked fast-food restaurant, 'Grootman', Lekgwathi said the looters wiped out the entire shop. "They took everything, including the toilet, the sinks, the water pipes and the electric wires. They took everything!" he said. At least 161 shopping malls, 11 warehouses and eight factories suffered heavy damage, sites that include tenants such as grocery chain Shoprite and Walmart majority-owned Massmart. The hardest hit areas included Durban and Johannesburg's Soweto and Alexandra townships in KwaZulu-Natal and the economic heartland of Gauteng. 44-year-old Lekgwathi opened 'Grootman' in April and had eight locals on staff. He said he had hoped his eatery would be spared because of popularity in the township and charity work. "It feels sad, knowing that you know what, I worked very hard for my money, opened a restaurant that is gonna support my family and at the end people just come, just to loot my place. It took me five months to prepare this restaurant, but someone will just come and destroy it in 30 seconds which is sad," he said. Despite the losses caused by the recent unrest, property developers and retailers say they remain committed to the fast-growing consumer markets of its predominantly Black townships. Exemplar REITail had five of its 27 malls damaged, including three which are expected to take up to four months to return to normal operations, CEO Jason McCormick told Reuters. Yet McCormick said the company remained committed to not only repairs, but the development of another 30 malls in the pipeline. "I don't think anyone ever foresaw the extent of this happening but there's no doubt we have learnt a hell of a lot over the last week. And we will certainly be putting mitigation measures, significant in place, that if anything like this were to happen, we would be a lot more self-sufficient on the security side of things," McCormick said at one of the group's malls in Johannesburg. McCormick's views reflected those expressed by six other CEOs and executives of listed property companies and two retailers interviewed by Reuters. Vukile Property Fund for example will repair its damaged Daveyton Mall in Johannesburg, one of the first township malls, and will forge ahead with a 90 million rand ($6.1 million) upgrade of the site, CEO Laurence Rapp said. "We are definitely gonna continue to invest in the areas. I think strategically we are very committed...we feel like this is where the majority of South Africans live. By bringing malls to them, you add tremendous value to the people's lives. And we can see it, you know if you can take away the cost of travel for a consumer, it puts a lot of disposable income back into their pockets," Rapp explained. But many small business owners like Lekgwathi don't have the financial elasticity to bounce back on their own. His damages come to an estimated 400,000 rands ($27,270). He has recouped 30,000 rands ($2045) so far through private donations. He is still appealing for more help from the government and general public. "People are so generous, they are willing to help, and we are still waiting for them to help because, now I don't have money to start. As you know, I took my money that I saved at the time when I was a soccer player. So like now I'm depending on them and obviously, I still want to hear from the government. Let's hope they're going to help - this is something that was helping me to put bread on the table, " he said. Real estate investors and entrepreneurs like Legkwathi have spent the last two decades targeting rising consumer spending by the Black middle class in areas that were disadvantaged for decades under white minority rule. The recent unrest was a major setback but most are determined to take on such challenges and forge on due to the attractive profit margins still on offer. Production: Sisipho Skweyiya, Shafiek Tassiem 1 USD = 14.65 ZAR ( Original Title: South African businesses bet on townships despite unrest ) ( Caption: 4075BU-SAFRICA-ZUMA_RETAIL_O_ )

日付：2021年7月29日

RM 165999573

Morning mood in Tunisia as democracy crisis simmers

A decade after ending autocratic rule through a popular uprising, Tunisia faces the sternest test yet to its democratic system and Western countries that have applauded its political transition have expressed concern. Tunisia's president said on Wednesday he was addressing the dire economic and COVID-19 situation and probing widespread corruption after invoking emergency powers on Sunday to seize control of government in a move his foes called a coup. Saied justified the moves, which included dismissing the prime minister and suspending parliament, by citing a surging pandemic and misgovernance, saying he had acted to save the country from corruption and plots to sow civil strife. Public anger had been growing in Tunisia over the political paralysis that had stopped any coherent response to the pandemic and after years of economic hardship and declining public services. "We believe in his good intentions, but the implementation remains an obstacle. He must come out every day to tell us what he will do," said on Tunisian on Thursday (July 29) morning. (Production: Jihed Abidellaoui) ( Original Title: Morning mood in Tunisia as democracy crisis simmers ) ( Caption: 4165WD-TUNISIA-POLITICS_MORNING_O_ )

日付：2021年7月29日

RM 165994392

Thousands protest in Guatemala demanding president's resignation

Thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets in protest on Thursday (July 29), lighting fires and blocking roads across the Central American country, to demand the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei after the firing of a well-known anti-corruption prosecutor. The protests have gained momentum since Guatemala's Attorney General Maria Porras last week removed anti-graft fighter Juan Francisco Sandoval as head of the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity (FECI), a move that drew condemnation from Washington. Sandoval, who left Guatemala last weekend, said he was fired after the attorney general prevented him from trying to investigate corruption cases with links to Giammattei. The president has denied being involved in corruption. In an interview with a local television channel last weekend, Porras said she always acted with transparency. "(Sandoval) exercised selective justice since he tried to prosecute people of opposite ideology," she said. In Guatemala City, a crowd of thousands of people marched from the presidential palace to the attorney general's office holding signs that said "Giammattei, Resign." Demonstrators set fire to tires and threw paint over police deployed to protect government buildings. The demonstrations in the capital were part of a national strike called by indigenous leaders, social groups and student organizations to demand the resignations of Giammattei and Porras. Across the impoverished nation of 17 million people, protesters blocked traffic at major intersections and marched with banners calling for the departure of the president, elected two years ago. "I believe impunity has established itself in the government. The groups of people from the oligarchy that have always ruled this country are protecting themselves," said protester Carlos David Garcia Hernandez in Totonicapán, in western Guatemala. The United States, which strongly condemned Sandoval's dismissal, said on Tuesday it was pausing some cooperation with Guatemala's attorney general, as it tries to apply pressure on Central American governments to end impunity. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has made the fight against corruption a central plank of its strategy towards the region as it aims to address the root causes of illegal migration to the United States, which has increased this year. In recent months, Washington has revoked the U.S. visas of two senior judges in Guatemala on graft suspicions and criticized lawmakers' refusal to swear in a corruption-fighting judge. In a statement shared on Twitter, Giammettei said on Thursday that the U.S. decision to suspend support to the attorney general was "counterproductive" in the fight against organized crime and corruption. U.S. Special Envoy for the Northern Triangle Ricardo Zuniga, when asked about Giammattei's comments, told reporters in Washington that Sandoval's dismissal had raised serious questions Guatemala's commitment to fighting graft. While police guarding government buildings faced off with protesters in the capital, no incidents of violence were reported. Thursday's demonstrations came after hundreds of Guatemalans protested outside the presidential palace on Saturday after Sandoval's firing. Giammattei's government also faced protests last November when a group of demonstrators set fire to the Congress building over cuts to education and health in the 2021 budget. Days later, Congress retracted the budget. (Production: Luis Echeverria, Rodolfo Pena Roja, Nina Lopez) ( Original Title: Thousands protest in Guatemala demanding president's resignation ) ( Caption: 4263LA-GUATEMALA-CORRUPTION__O_ )

日付：2021年7月29日

RM 165888054

Georgia, U.S. troops hold joint NATO drills in wet conditions near Tbilisi

Georgian and U.S. troops practiced treating wounded soldiers in heavy rain on Wednesday (July 28) as joint military drills between Georgia and NATO members were held at training areas close to the capital Tbilisi. The exercises, called Agile Spirit, will involve around 2,500 personnel from 15 allied and partner forces, the United States has said. The drills come amid increased tensions between NATO and Russia, which borders Georgia and said in June it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British warship to chase it out of Black Sea waters off the coast of Crimea. Ukraine is also holding military drills in the Lviv region until July 30. Relations between Kyiv and Moscow plummeted after Russia seized Crimea and over Russia's support for separatist forces in the conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbass region. Russia and Georgia fought a short war in 2008 and around one-fifth of Georgia's territory remains garrisoned by Russian troops. Video footage on Wednesday showed soldiers engaging in live-fire training exercises in wet and muddy conditions and U.S. and Georgian troops working together on medical treatment exercises. The U.S. Army Europe and Africa said last month that the cooperatively-led, joint multinational exercise would run from July 26 to Aug 6. The United States named Georgia, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Italy, and Azerbaijan as the participating countries. (Production: David Chkhikvishvili, Dmitry Turlyun) ( Original Title: Georgia, U.S. troops hold joint NATO drills in wet conditions near Tbilisi ) ( Caption: 3160CE-GEORGIA-MILITARY_NATO_DRILLS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月28日

RM 165786688

米軍ヘリが田んぼに不時着　けが人なし　宮崎・串間

27日午前9時25分ごろ、宮崎県串間市崎田の田んぼに「米軍のヘリコプターが不時着している」と付近の住民から警察に通報があった。県警串間署によると、現場は集落から約500メートル離れており、搭乗員2人を含めてけが人はいないという。

日付：2021年7月27日

RM 165795581

Pakistan reopens Afghanistan border crossing held by Taliban

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING Pakistan on Monday (July 26) reopened a major southwestern border crossing with Afghanistan that is currently under Taliban control on the Afghan side, Pakistani customs officials said, allowing over 100 trucks carrying goods to cross into Afghanistan. The Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing, a key port for landlocked Afghanistan, had been closed by Pakistan for commercial traffic since fierce fighting for control of the crossing erupted between Taliban insurgents and Afghan security forces earlier this month. Arif Kakar, a senior official of the Chaman border district, told Reuters Pakistan had opened its border with Afghanistan at Chaman and resumed Afghan Transit Trade which had been suspended. He said it would remain open six days a week. Two Pakistani customs officials, requesting anonymity, told Reuters that Spin Boldak and the border town of Wesh were still under Taliban control, and they did not know what arrangements were in place across the border or who was clearing the goods through customs. They said Pakistani officials were under pressure by traders to let trucks pass through as the goods they were carrying would otherwise perish. The reopening came hours after 46 Afghan soldiers sought refuge in Pakistan after losing control of military positions further north along the border following advances by Taliban insurgents taking advantage of foreign forces' withdrawal. The Afghan military commander requested refuge at the border crossing in Chitral in the north, the Pakistan army said in a statement, adding safe passage into Pakistan was given on Sunday night after clearance from Afghan authorities. Hundreds of Afghan soldiers and civil officials have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan, Iran and Pakistan in recent weeks after Taliban offensives in border areas. Relations between neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan have taken a sharp downturn in recent weeks, particularly over repeated allegations by Kabul that Pakistan is backing the Taliban - a charge Islamabad denies. (Production: Abdul Khaliq, Salah Uddin, Sheree Sardar) ( Original Title: Pakistan reopens Afghanistan border crossing held by Taliban ) ( Caption: 2014AS-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT_PAKISTAN_BORDER_O_ )

日付：2021年7月27日

RM 165783123

Verdict expected in trial of first person charged under Hong Kong security law

Three Hong Kong judges are expected to deliver a verdict on Tuesday (July 27) in the trial of Tong Ying-kit, 24, the first person charged under the national security law, in a landmark case with implications on how the legislation reshapes the city's common law traditions. Former waiter Tong has pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and inciting secession, as well as an alternative charge of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm. He had driven his motorcycle into three riot police while carrying a flag with the protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" on July 1, 2020, shortly after the law was enacted, and could potentially receive a prison term of several years to life. Tong's trial was presided over by judges Esther Toh, Anthea Pang and Wilson Chan, picked by city leader Carrie Lam to hear national security cases. It is seen by pro-democracy activists and human rights groups as a departure from Hong Kong's common law traditions, as he was denied bail and a jury trial. Their verdict is expected at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT). Speaking to Reuters via Zoom ahead of the verdict, China Director at Human Rights Watch, Sophie Richardson, said the national security law undermines fundamental freedoms and the ability of people to expect a fair trial, once a distinction between Hong Kong and Beijing. The governments in Beijing and Hong Kong have said repeatedly the security law, imposed in June 2020, was necessary to bring stability after the often-violent 2019 protests and punishes what China sees as subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. (Production: Aleksander Solum) ( Original Title: Verdict expected in trial of first person charged under Hong Kong security law ) ( Caption: 2004AS-HONGKONG-SECURITY__O_ )

日付：2021年7月27日

RM 165781353

Cuban Embassy in Paris says it was attacked with petrol bombs

The Cuban Embassy in Paris said on Tuesday (July 27) that its building had been attacked with petrol bombs, causing serious damage but no injuries to diplomatic staff. The embassy published photos on its official Twitter account of damage to the building and condemned the attack. It did not say who it thought was responsible. "Those directly responsible for these acts are those who incite violence and hatred against our country," the Cuban Foreign ministry said on Twitter. A police spokesman had no immediate comment. Cuba has been rocked by protests against a deep economic crisis, the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and curbs on civil liberties, prompting the Communist-run country to restrict access to social media and messaging platforms. The foreign ministers of the United States and 20 other countries on Monday (July 26) condemned mass arrests in Cuba and called for full restoration of Internet access. (Production: Elodie Bernollin, Yiming Woo, Ardee Napolitano) ( Original Title: Cuban Embassy in Paris says it was attacked with petrol bombs ) ( Caption: 2092WD-FRANCE-CUBA_PARIS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月27日

RM 165781281

New Ethiopian military recruits depart for the front line

The Ethiopian military held a ceremony in the capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday (July 27) to bid farewell to their newest recruits. The mayor's office says 3,000 women and men will join the ranks of Ethiopia's National Defense Force (ENDF). Ethiopia's defence minister Kenea Yadeta and deputy mayor Adanech Abiebe watched the celebrations. An eight-month old war between the central government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that controls the Tigray region is spreading to other parts of northern Ethiopia, and youth from other parts of the country are joining federal forces in the fight. Fighting first broke out in Tigray in November when the government accused the TPLF of attacking military bases across the region - an accusation the group denied. The government declared victory three weeks later when it took control of Mekelle, but the TPLF kept fighting and has since taken back most of the region, including its capital on June 28. Last week, Tigrayan forces pushed into Afar, the region to the east of Tigray, where they said they planned to target Amhara troops fighting alongside the federal military. Afar is home to the main highway and railway linking landlocked Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa with the sea port of Djibouti. (Production: Kumerra Gemechu, Nazanine Moshiri, Kristian Brunse) ( Original Title: New Ethiopian military recruits depart for the front line ) ( Caption: 2025WD-ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT_MILITARY_RECRUITS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月27日

RM 165781306

New Ethiopian military recruits depart for the front line

The Ethiopian military held a ceremony in the capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday (July 27) to bid farewell to their newest recruits. The mayor's office says 3,000 women and men will join the ranks of Ethiopia's National Defense Force (ENDF). Ethiopia's defence minister Kenea Yadeta and deputy mayor Adanech Abiebe watched the celebrations. An eight-month old war between the central government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that controls the Tigray region is spreading to other parts of northern Ethiopia, and youth from other parts of the country are joining federal forces in the fight. Fighting first broke out in Tigray in November when the government accused the TPLF of attacking military bases across the region - an accusation the group denied. The government declared victory three weeks later when it took control of Mekelle, but the TPLF kept fighting and has since taken back most of the region, including its capital on June 28. Last week, Tigrayan forces pushed into Afar, the region to the east of Tigray, where they said they planned to target Amhara troops fighting alongside the federal military. Afar is home to the main highway and railway linking landlocked Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa with the sea port of Djibouti. (Production: Kumerra Gemechu, Nazanine Moshiri, Kristian Brunse) ( Original Title: New Ethiopian military recruits depart for the front line ) ( Caption: 2025WD-ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT_MILITARY_RECRUITS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月27日

RM 166005025

South African businesses bet on townships despite unrest

Lucky Lekgwathi is a well-known South African retired footballer and entrepreneur. But his exploits for club and country did not spare his business from the mass looting that took place during riots this month, after former President Jacob Zuma handed himself in to start a 15-month jail term for contempt of court. More than 300 people died and about 3,000 stores were looted, over half of them belonging to major retailers and fast-food brands. Speaking to Reuters inside his ransacked fast-food restaurant, 'Grootman', Lekgwathi said the looters wiped out the entire shop. "They took everything, including the toilet, the sinks, the water pipes and the electric wires. They took everything!" he said. At least 161 shopping malls, 11 warehouses and eight factories suffered heavy damage, sites that include tenants such as grocery chain Shoprite and Walmart majority-owned Massmart. The hardest hit areas included Durban and Johannesburg's Soweto and Alexandra townships in KwaZulu-Natal and the economic heartland of Gauteng. 44-year-old Lekgwathi opened 'Grootman' in April and had eight locals on staff. He said he had hoped his eatery would be spared because of popularity in the township and charity work. "It feels sad, knowing that you know what, I worked very hard for my money, opened a restaurant that is gonna support my family and at the end people just come, just to loot my place. It took me five months to prepare this restaurant, but someone will just come and destroy it in 30 seconds which is sad," he said. Despite the losses caused by the recent unrest, property developers and retailers say they remain committed to the fast-growing consumer markets of its predominantly Black townships. Exemplar REITail had five of its 27 malls damaged, including three which are expected to take up to four months to return to normal operations, CEO Jason McCormick told Reuters. Yet McCormick said the company remained committed to not only repairs, but the development of another 30 malls in the pipeline. "I don't think anyone ever foresaw the extent of this happening but there's no doubt we have learnt a hell of a lot over the last week. And we will certainly be putting mitigation measures, significant in place, that if anything like this were to happen, we would be a lot more self-sufficient on the security side of things," McCormick said at one of the group's malls in Johannesburg. McCormick's views reflected those expressed by six other CEOs and executives of listed property companies and two retailers interviewed by Reuters. Vukile Property Fund for example will repair its damaged Daveyton Mall in Johannesburg, one of the first township malls, and will forge ahead with a 90 million rand ($6.1 million) upgrade of the site, CEO Laurence Rapp said. "We are definitely gonna continue to invest in the areas. I think strategically we are very committed...we feel like this is where the majority of South Africans live. By bringing malls to them, you add tremendous value to the people's lives. And we can see it, you know if you can take away the cost of travel for a consumer, it puts a lot of disposable income back into their pockets," Rapp explained. But many small business owners like Lekgwathi don't have the financial elasticity to bounce back on their own. His damages come to an estimated 400,000 rands ($27,270). He has recouped 30,000 rands ($2045) so far through private donations. He is still appealing for more help from the government and general public. "People are so generous, they are willing to help, and we are still waiting for them to help because, now I don't have money to start. As you know, I took my money that I saved at the time when I was a soccer player. So like now I'm depending on them and obviously, I still want to hear from the government. Let's hope they're going to help - this is something that was helping me to put bread on the table, " he said. Real estate investors and entrepreneurs like Legkwathi have spent the last two decades targeting rising consumer spending by the Black middle class in areas that were disadvantaged for decades under white minority rule. The recent unrest was a major setback but most are determined to take on such challenges and forge on due to the attractive profit margins still on offer. Production: Sisipho Skweyiya, Shafiek Tassiem 1 USD = 14.65 ZAR ( Original Title: South African businesses bet on townships despite unrest ) ( Caption: 4075BU-SAFRICA-ZUMA_RETAIL_O_ )

日付：2021年7月26日

RM 166005021

South African businesses bet on townships despite unrest

Lucky Lekgwathi is a well-known South African retired footballer and entrepreneur. But his exploits for club and country did not spare his business from the mass looting that took place during riots this month, after former President Jacob Zuma handed himself in to start a 15-month jail term for contempt of court. More than 300 people died and about 3,000 stores were looted, over half of them belonging to major retailers and fast-food brands. Speaking to Reuters inside his ransacked fast-food restaurant, 'Grootman', Lekgwathi said the looters wiped out the entire shop. "They took everything, including the toilet, the sinks, the water pipes and the electric wires. They took everything!" he said. At least 161 shopping malls, 11 warehouses and eight factories suffered heavy damage, sites that include tenants such as grocery chain Shoprite and Walmart majority-owned Massmart. The hardest hit areas included Durban and Johannesburg's Soweto and Alexandra townships in KwaZulu-Natal and the economic heartland of Gauteng. 44-year-old Lekgwathi opened 'Grootman' in April and had eight locals on staff. He said he had hoped his eatery would be spared because of popularity in the township and charity work. "It feels sad, knowing that you know what, I worked very hard for my money, opened a restaurant that is gonna support my family and at the end people just come, just to loot my place. It took me five months to prepare this restaurant, but someone will just come and destroy it in 30 seconds which is sad," he said. Despite the losses caused by the recent unrest, property developers and retailers say they remain committed to the fast-growing consumer markets of its predominantly Black townships. Exemplar REITail had five of its 27 malls damaged, including three which are expected to take up to four months to return to normal operations, CEO Jason McCormick told Reuters. Yet McCormick said the company remained committed to not only repairs, but the development of another 30 malls in the pipeline. "I don't think anyone ever foresaw the extent of this happening but there's no doubt we have learnt a hell of a lot over the last week. And we will certainly be putting mitigation measures, significant in place, that if anything like this were to happen, we would be a lot more self-sufficient on the security side of things," McCormick said at one of the group's malls in Johannesburg. McCormick's views reflected those expressed by six other CEOs and executives of listed property companies and two retailers interviewed by Reuters. Vukile Property Fund for example will repair its damaged Daveyton Mall in Johannesburg, one of the first township malls, and will forge ahead with a 90 million rand ($6.1 million) upgrade of the site, CEO Laurence Rapp said. "We are definitely gonna continue to invest in the areas. I think strategically we are very committed...we feel like this is where the majority of South Africans live. By bringing malls to them, you add tremendous value to the people's lives. And we can see it, you know if you can take away the cost of travel for a consumer, it puts a lot of disposable income back into their pockets," Rapp explained. But many small business owners like Lekgwathi don't have the financial elasticity to bounce back on their own. His damages come to an estimated 400,000 rands ($27,270). He has recouped 30,000 rands ($2045) so far through private donations. He is still appealing for more help from the government and general public. "People are so generous, they are willing to help, and we are still waiting for them to help because, now I don't have money to start. As you know, I took my money that I saved at the time when I was a soccer player. So like now I'm depending on them and obviously, I still want to hear from the government. Let's hope they're going to help - this is something that was helping me to put bread on the table, " he said. Real estate investors and entrepreneurs like Legkwathi have spent the last two decades targeting rising consumer spending by the Black middle class in areas that were disadvantaged for decades under white minority rule. The recent unrest was a major setback but most are determined to take on such challenges and forge on due to the attractive profit margins still on offer. Production: Sisipho Skweyiya, Shafiek Tassiem 1 USD = 14.65 ZAR ( Original Title: South African businesses bet on townships despite unrest ) ( Caption: 4075BU-SAFRICA-ZUMA_RETAIL_O_ )

日付：2021年7月26日

RM 165457667

ロシア海軍「海軍の日」盛大な打上げ花火＝サンクトペテルブルグ

KRONSHTADT, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JULY 25, 2021: Fireworks go off over the Gulf of Finland on Russian Navy Day. October 30 (October 20 according to the Julian Calendar), 1696, is believed to be the birthday of the Russian Navy. On that day the Boyar Duma passed a resolution to establish a regular fleet following a proposal by Tsar Peter the Great. In the present-day Russia, Navy Day is celebrated on the last Sunday of July in accordance with President Vladimir Putin's decree titled "On Establishing Professional Holidays and Remembrance Days Celebrated by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" that was issued on May 31, 2006. This year, Russian Navy Day is celebrated on July 25. Alexander Demianchuk/Maxim Churusov/TASS (Original Title: VIDEO. Fireworks go off over St Petersburg on Russian Navy Day)

日付：2021年7月25日

RM 165588282

U.S offers further air support to Afghan troops amid Taliban offensive

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO AS INCOMING The United States will continue to carry out airstrikes to support Afghan forces facing attack from the insurgent Taliban, a regional U.S. commander said on Sunday (July 25) as the U.S. and other international forces have drawn down troops in Afghanistan. The Taliban escalated its offensive in recent weeks, taking rural districts and surrounding provincial capitals, after U.S. President Joe Biden said in April U.S. troops would be withdrawn by September, ending a 20-year foreign military presence. "The United States has increased airstrikes in support of Afghan forces over the last several days and we're prepared to continue this heightened level of support in the coming weeks if the Taliban continue their attacks," U.S. Marine General Kenneth McKenzie told a news conference in Kabul. McKenzie, who leads U.S. Central Command, which controls U.S. forces for a region that includes Afghanistan, declined to say whether U.S. forces would continue airstrikes after the end of their military mission on August 31. But he said a Taliban victory was not inevitable and a political solution remained a possibility. ( Original Title: U.S offers further air support to Afghan troops amid Taliban offensive ) ( Caption: 7018AS-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT_USA_O_ )

日付：2021年7月25日

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Kidnappers in Nigeria release 28 schoolchildren, another 81 still held

Kidnappers who raided a boarding school in northern Nigeria earlier this month released 28 children on Sunday (July 25) but another 81 remain in captivity, according to a pastor involved in the negotiations for their release. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School in the state of Kaduna was the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria carried out by Islamist militants and more recently, criminal gangs. "I am very, very happy. I never believe I will see her alive," said the father of one rescued child. A first batch of 28 children was released two days after the raid. Parents told Reuters that 180 students typically attend the school, and that pupils were in the process of sitting exams. Nigerian authorities have attributed the kidnappings to what they call armed bandits seeking ransom payments. The police and Kaduna state commissioner for internal security and home affairs were not immediately available for comment. Kaduna authorities had ordered the closure of the school and 12 others in the area following the kidnap, without saying when they may reopen. Schools have become targets for mass kidnappings for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed groups. Such kidnappings in Nigeria were first carried out by jihadist group Boko Haram, and later its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province, but the tactic has now been adopted by other criminal gangs. (Production: Bosan Yaksuk, Angela Ukomadu, Nneka Chile, Michael Fiorentino, Hazem Sika) ( Original Title: Kidnappers in Nigeria release 28 schoolchildren, another 81 still held ) ( Caption: 7116WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_KIDNAPPING_O_ )

日付：2021年7月25日

RM 165543415

裏社会の武器商人　合計45人の拘束に成功＝ロシア各地

RUSSIA - JULY 26, 2021: Federal Security Service officers detain underworld armorers. A special forces operation has covered 25 Russian regions and resulted in a total of 45 armorers being detained, at least 270 firearms, almost 440 artillery shells and more than 26,500 rounds, with 32 armouries closed. Best quality available. Video screen grab. FSB/TASS (Original Title: 45 underworld armorers detained across 25 Russian regions)

日付：2021年7月24日

RM 165382628

Florida flotilla sets off to show support for Cuban protesters

A small group of Cuban-American boaters set off from Miami on Friday (July 23) in a planned flotilla to show their support for Cuban activists, many of whom have been jailed. About half a dozen boats set off from downtown Miami to Key West, Florida, where they will refuel before setting off for international waters outside of Cuba. Earlier this month, thousands of Cubans staged protests to demonstrate against the government, its curbs on civil liberties and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis that has brought shortages of basic goods and power outages. At least one protester died and hundreds of activists were detained. According to social media reports from family members, some of the activists have already been sentenced without access to attorneys. Osdany Veloz who organized the flotilla said the group plans to travel to an area outside Cuban borders and set off fireworks so that people on the island can see them. "The objective is to show support, to show support, to be in international waters and have the Cuban community be able to see us and be able to see that we're there for them, that we're supporting them and that we're backing them up," he said. The group expects to return back to Florida within the day. Cuba is 90 miles (145 kilometers) from Key West. (Production: Marco Bello, Arlene Eiras) ( Original Title: Florida flotilla sets off to show support for Cuban protesters ) ( Caption: 5205LA-CUBA-UNREST_USA_FLOTILLA_O_ )

日付：2021年7月23日

RM 165320035

'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise

Haitians heard Mass for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at Notre Dame Cathedral in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on Thursday (July 22). With tears in their eyes, Haitians were emotional during the service and demanded justice. ''President Jovenel Moise worked for the people of Haiti. He was mistreated. I demand justice for Moise. I didn't vote for the president so that he would die under these circumstances! Justice for the president, justice for my president. I didn't vote for a death like this. He died like a criminal, like a murderer! I didn't vote for him to die like this!" Haitian Antoine Phenol said after attending the Mass service. Dozens marched through the streets, singing and chanting. Unrest had roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Wednesday as demonstrators set up road blocks in protest against the assassination earlier this month of Moise. National police chiefs who arrived in Cap-Haitien to help oversee Moise's funeral were met by protests from the slain president's supporters, who hold police responsible for the killing at his residence on July 7. Government officials say Moise was murdered by a team of mostly Colombian mercenaries, but many questions remain unanswered, including why the president's security forces did not do more to protect him. At least one person lay dead in the streets of Cap-Haitien following the disturbances, which took place just as Moise's widow Martine attended her first public event since returning from Miami at the weekend. (Production: Robenson Sanon, Herbert Villarraga, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: 'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise ) ( Caption: 4225LA-HAITI-PRESIDENT_MASS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

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'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise

Haitians heard Mass for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at Notre Dame Cathedral in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on Thursday (July 22). With tears in their eyes, Haitians were emotional during the service and demanded justice. ''President Jovenel Moise worked for the people of Haiti. He was mistreated. I demand justice for Moise. I didn't vote for the president so that he would die under these circumstances! Justice for the president, justice for my president. I didn't vote for a death like this. He died like a criminal, like a murderer! I didn't vote for him to die like this!" Haitian Antoine Phenol said after attending the Mass service. Dozens marched through the streets, singing and chanting. Unrest had roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Wednesday as demonstrators set up road blocks in protest against the assassination earlier this month of Moise. National police chiefs who arrived in Cap-Haitien to help oversee Moise's funeral were met by protests from the slain president's supporters, who hold police responsible for the killing at his residence on July 7. Government officials say Moise was murdered by a team of mostly Colombian mercenaries, but many questions remain unanswered, including why the president's security forces did not do more to protect him. At least one person lay dead in the streets of Cap-Haitien following the disturbances, which took place just as Moise's widow Martine attended her first public event since returning from Miami at the weekend. (Production: Robenson Sanon, Herbert Villarraga, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: 'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise ) ( Caption: 4225LA-HAITI-PRESIDENT_MASS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165320050

'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise

Haitians heard Mass for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at Notre Dame Cathedral in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on Thursday (July 22). With tears in their eyes, Haitians were emotional during the service and demanded justice. ''President Jovenel Moise worked for the people of Haiti. He was mistreated. I demand justice for Moise. I didn't vote for the president so that he would die under these circumstances! Justice for the president, justice for my president. I didn't vote for a death like this. He died like a criminal, like a murderer! I didn't vote for him to die like this!" Haitian Antoine Phenol said after attending the Mass service. Dozens marched through the streets, singing and chanting. Unrest had roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Wednesday as demonstrators set up road blocks in protest against the assassination earlier this month of Moise. National police chiefs who arrived in Cap-Haitien to help oversee Moise's funeral were met by protests from the slain president's supporters, who hold police responsible for the killing at his residence on July 7. Government officials say Moise was murdered by a team of mostly Colombian mercenaries, but many questions remain unanswered, including why the president's security forces did not do more to protect him. At least one person lay dead in the streets of Cap-Haitien following the disturbances, which took place just as Moise's widow Martine attended her first public event since returning from Miami at the weekend. (Production: Robenson Sanon, Herbert Villarraga, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: 'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise ) ( Caption: 4225LA-HAITI-PRESIDENT_MASS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165320002

'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise

Haitians heard Mass for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at Notre Dame Cathedral in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on Thursday (July 22). With tears in their eyes, Haitians were emotional during the service and demanded justice. ''President Jovenel Moise worked for the people of Haiti. He was mistreated. I demand justice for Moise. I didn't vote for the president so that he would die under these circumstances! Justice for the president, justice for my president. I didn't vote for a death like this. He died like a criminal, like a murderer! I didn't vote for him to die like this!" Haitian Antoine Phenol said after attending the Mass service. Dozens marched through the streets, singing and chanting. Unrest had roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Wednesday as demonstrators set up road blocks in protest against the assassination earlier this month of Moise. National police chiefs who arrived in Cap-Haitien to help oversee Moise's funeral were met by protests from the slain president's supporters, who hold police responsible for the killing at his residence on July 7. Government officials say Moise was murdered by a team of mostly Colombian mercenaries, but many questions remain unanswered, including why the president's security forces did not do more to protect him. At least one person lay dead in the streets of Cap-Haitien following the disturbances, which took place just as Moise's widow Martine attended her first public event since returning from Miami at the weekend. (Production: Robenson Sanon, Herbert Villarraga, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: 'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise ) ( Caption: 4225LA-HAITI-PRESIDENT_MASS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165319976

'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise

Haitians heard Mass for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise at Notre Dame Cathedral in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on Thursday (July 22). With tears in their eyes, Haitians were emotional during the service and demanded justice. ''President Jovenel Moise worked for the people of Haiti. He was mistreated. I demand justice for Moise. I didn't vote for the president so that he would die under these circumstances! Justice for the president, justice for my president. I didn't vote for a death like this. He died like a criminal, like a murderer! I didn't vote for him to die like this!" Haitian Antoine Phenol said after attending the Mass service. Dozens marched through the streets, singing and chanting. Unrest had roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Wednesday as demonstrators set up road blocks in protest against the assassination earlier this month of Moise. National police chiefs who arrived in Cap-Haitien to help oversee Moise's funeral were met by protests from the slain president's supporters, who hold police responsible for the killing at his residence on July 7. Government officials say Moise was murdered by a team of mostly Colombian mercenaries, but many questions remain unanswered, including why the president's security forces did not do more to protect him. At least one person lay dead in the streets of Cap-Haitien following the disturbances, which took place just as Moise's widow Martine attended her first public event since returning from Miami at the weekend. (Production: Robenson Sanon, Herbert Villarraga, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: 'I didn't vote for a death like this,'' says Haitian mourner after hearing Mass for Moise ) ( Caption: 4225LA-HAITI-PRESIDENT_MASS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165300234

'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Ethiopia's capital on Thursday (July 22) to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has faced criticism for his handling of a conflict that threatens to undermine stability in Africa's second most populous nation. Protesters waved signs condemning the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as a "cancer". Some commended Prime Minister Abiy for filling the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has caused tension with Sudan and Egypt over water rights. Meanwhile, attacks by Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced more than 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday. Tigrayan fighters, who want the Ethiopian government to accept their terms before talks on a ceasefire could begin, have taken control of three districts in Afar this week, according to Afar regional spokesperson Ahmed Koloyta. The region is of strategic importance because the main road and railway linking Addis Ababa, landlocked Ethiopia's capital, to the sea port of Djibouti run through it. War erupted in November between the TPLF, Tigray's ruling party, and the military. Three weeks later, the government declared victory when it captured the regional capital Mekelle, but the TPLF kept fighting. At the end of June, the TPLF seized back control of Mekelle and most of Tigray after the government withdrew soldiers. The conflict has sparked international criticism of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and concern for the stability of Ethiopia. (Production: Tiksa Negeri, Nazanine Moshiri, Michael Fiorentino, Hannah Ellison) ( Original Title: 'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy ) ( Caption: 4195WD-ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT_RALLY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165300217

'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Ethiopia's capital on Thursday (July 22) to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has faced criticism for his handling of a conflict that threatens to undermine stability in Africa's second most populous nation. Protesters waved signs condemning the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as a "cancer". Some commended Prime Minister Abiy for filling the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has caused tension with Sudan and Egypt over water rights. Meanwhile, attacks by Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced more than 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday. Tigrayan fighters, who want the Ethiopian government to accept their terms before talks on a ceasefire could begin, have taken control of three districts in Afar this week, according to Afar regional spokesperson Ahmed Koloyta. The region is of strategic importance because the main road and railway linking Addis Ababa, landlocked Ethiopia's capital, to the sea port of Djibouti run through it. War erupted in November between the TPLF, Tigray's ruling party, and the military. Three weeks later, the government declared victory when it captured the regional capital Mekelle, but the TPLF kept fighting. At the end of June, the TPLF seized back control of Mekelle and most of Tigray after the government withdrew soldiers. The conflict has sparked international criticism of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and concern for the stability of Ethiopia. (Production: Tiksa Negeri, Nazanine Moshiri, Michael Fiorentino, Hannah Ellison) ( Original Title: 'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy ) ( Caption: 4195WD-ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT_RALLY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165300195

'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Ethiopia's capital on Thursday (July 22) to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has faced criticism for his handling of a conflict that threatens to undermine stability in Africa's second most populous nation. Protesters waved signs condemning the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as a "cancer". Some commended Prime Minister Abiy for filling the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has caused tension with Sudan and Egypt over water rights. Meanwhile, attacks by Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced more than 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday. Tigrayan fighters, who want the Ethiopian government to accept their terms before talks on a ceasefire could begin, have taken control of three districts in Afar this week, according to Afar regional spokesperson Ahmed Koloyta. The region is of strategic importance because the main road and railway linking Addis Ababa, landlocked Ethiopia's capital, to the sea port of Djibouti run through it. War erupted in November between the TPLF, Tigray's ruling party, and the military. Three weeks later, the government declared victory when it captured the regional capital Mekelle, but the TPLF kept fighting. At the end of June, the TPLF seized back control of Mekelle and most of Tigray after the government withdrew soldiers. The conflict has sparked international criticism of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and concern for the stability of Ethiopia. (Production: Tiksa Negeri, Nazanine Moshiri, Michael Fiorentino, Hannah Ellison) ( Original Title: 'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy ) ( Caption: 4195WD-ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT_RALLY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165300175

'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Ethiopia's capital on Thursday (July 22) to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has faced criticism for his handling of a conflict that threatens to undermine stability in Africa's second most populous nation. Protesters waved signs condemning the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as a "cancer". Some commended Prime Minister Abiy for filling the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has caused tension with Sudan and Egypt over water rights. Meanwhile, attacks by Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced more than 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday. Tigrayan fighters, who want the Ethiopian government to accept their terms before talks on a ceasefire could begin, have taken control of three districts in Afar this week, according to Afar regional spokesperson Ahmed Koloyta. The region is of strategic importance because the main road and railway linking Addis Ababa, landlocked Ethiopia's capital, to the sea port of Djibouti run through it. War erupted in November between the TPLF, Tigray's ruling party, and the military. Three weeks later, the government declared victory when it captured the regional capital Mekelle, but the TPLF kept fighting. At the end of June, the TPLF seized back control of Mekelle and most of Tigray after the government withdrew soldiers. The conflict has sparked international criticism of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and concern for the stability of Ethiopia. (Production: Tiksa Negeri, Nazanine Moshiri, Michael Fiorentino, Hannah Ellison) ( Original Title: 'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy ) ( Caption: 4195WD-ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT_RALLY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165300153

'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Ethiopia's capital on Thursday (July 22) to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has faced criticism for his handling of a conflict that threatens to undermine stability in Africa's second most populous nation. Protesters waved signs condemning the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as a "cancer". Some commended Prime Minister Abiy for filling the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has caused tension with Sudan and Egypt over water rights. Meanwhile, attacks by Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia's Afar region have forced more than 54,000 people from their homes, an official said on Thursday. Tigrayan fighters, who want the Ethiopian government to accept their terms before talks on a ceasefire could begin, have taken control of three districts in Afar this week, according to Afar regional spokesperson Ahmed Koloyta. The region is of strategic importance because the main road and railway linking Addis Ababa, landlocked Ethiopia's capital, to the sea port of Djibouti run through it. War erupted in November between the TPLF, Tigray's ruling party, and the military. Three weeks later, the government declared victory when it captured the regional capital Mekelle, but the TPLF kept fighting. At the end of June, the TPLF seized back control of Mekelle and most of Tigray after the government withdrew soldiers. The conflict has sparked international criticism of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and concern for the stability of Ethiopia. (Production: Tiksa Negeri, Nazanine Moshiri, Michael Fiorentino, Hannah Ellison) ( Original Title: 'Nothing can stop Ethiopia': Protesters rally in Addis Ababa to support PM Abiy ) ( Caption: 4195WD-ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT_RALLY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月22日

RM 165565022

Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story

Cubans who took part in the anti-government protests of July 11 and 12 have been detained with charges such as inciting public disorder. Among those detained include people who were protesting against a lack of food, medicine and freedom along with bystanders and people filming the demonstrations. Raisa Gonzalez, the mother of detainee Anyelo Troya, who had just come back from a court hearing said her son had just been sentenced to a year in prison for taking part in the protests. "Myself and our lawyer have already been in court today. They called us and they sat us there, they brought them (detainees). There were 10 youngsters, 10 or 12, I don't know exactly. The judge handed down the sentence to all of us equally. She gave them a year of deprivation of freedom. My son raised his hand, asked for the judges permission very correctly. He expressed himself and told him that he had the right to a lawyer. He had the right to be defended and that he had not been given the opportunity. He was very angry. And then they immediately came up to him and I said: 'Please shut up, please shut up!' They put the handcuffs on him and I said: 'Please shut up, you are not alone. Your mother is going to do the impossible for this injustice. Shut up already?' And he did and walked away,'' Gonzalez said. Other relatives of detainees spent days desperately looking for their loved ones at different police stations. Meanwhile, actor and playwright, Yunior Garcia, was detained during the protests and placed under house arrest. "Apparently because they went through the videos of the protests, they located the people they recognized and they have gone to the houses of those protesters looking for them,'' Garcia said. "My current situation is that I have four officers in front of my door who prevent me from going outside. They told me I cannot even go to work. When I leave to buy cigarettes or food, one of them goes with me to keep me under vigilance. We know there are more, because we counted eight this morning,'' Garcia added. Juan Pappier, a senior researcher of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, said over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. "We have conducted dozens of interviews to document the Cuban repression against protesters in Cuba. We have concluded that the repression has been brutal. Over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. The vast majority of them are being held incommunicated. The whereabouts of many of them are unknown. Many have been beaten, some have been tortured. And many of them are being subject to arbitrary criminal prosecutions based on Cuban legislation that guarantees no due process rights and no rights to defence," Pappier said. Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said on July 14 that the government would have to apologize to those who were mistreated by mistake. Activists fear the detentions will detonate a series of trials of hundreds of people who partook in the demonstrations. (Production: Mario Fuentes, Nelson Gonzalez, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Anett Rios, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story ) ( Caption: 3067LA-CUBA-UNREST_DETAINED_O_ )

日付：2021年7月21日

RM 165564965

Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story

Cubans who took part in the anti-government protests of July 11 and 12 have been detained with charges such as inciting public disorder. Among those detained include people who were protesting against a lack of food, medicine and freedom along with bystanders and people filming the demonstrations. Raisa Gonzalez, the mother of detainee Anyelo Troya, who had just come back from a court hearing said her son had just been sentenced to a year in prison for taking part in the protests. "Myself and our lawyer have already been in court today. They called us and they sat us there, they brought them (detainees). There were 10 youngsters, 10 or 12, I don't know exactly. The judge handed down the sentence to all of us equally. She gave them a year of deprivation of freedom. My son raised his hand, asked for the judges permission very correctly. He expressed himself and told him that he had the right to a lawyer. He had the right to be defended and that he had not been given the opportunity. He was very angry. And then they immediately came up to him and I said: 'Please shut up, please shut up!' They put the handcuffs on him and I said: 'Please shut up, you are not alone. Your mother is going to do the impossible for this injustice. Shut up already?' And he did and walked away,'' Gonzalez said. Other relatives of detainees spent days desperately looking for their loved ones at different police stations. Meanwhile, actor and playwright, Yunior Garcia, was detained during the protests and placed under house arrest. "Apparently because they went through the videos of the protests, they located the people they recognized and they have gone to the houses of those protesters looking for them,'' Garcia said. "My current situation is that I have four officers in front of my door who prevent me from going outside. They told me I cannot even go to work. When I leave to buy cigarettes or food, one of them goes with me to keep me under vigilance. We know there are more, because we counted eight this morning,'' Garcia added. Juan Pappier, a senior researcher of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, said over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. "We have conducted dozens of interviews to document the Cuban repression against protesters in Cuba. We have concluded that the repression has been brutal. Over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. The vast majority of them are being held incommunicated. The whereabouts of many of them are unknown. Many have been beaten, some have been tortured. And many of them are being subject to arbitrary criminal prosecutions based on Cuban legislation that guarantees no due process rights and no rights to defence," Pappier said. Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said on July 14 that the government would have to apologize to those who were mistreated by mistake. Activists fear the detentions will detonate a series of trials of hundreds of people who partook in the demonstrations. (Production: Mario Fuentes, Nelson Gonzalez, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Anett Rios, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story ) ( Caption: 3067LA-CUBA-UNREST_DETAINED_O_ )

日付：2021年7月21日

RM 165565031

Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story

Cubans who took part in the anti-government protests of July 11 and 12 have been detained with charges such as inciting public disorder. Among those detained include people who were protesting against a lack of food, medicine and freedom along with bystanders and people filming the demonstrations. Raisa Gonzalez, the mother of detainee Anyelo Troya, who had just come back from a court hearing said her son had just been sentenced to a year in prison for taking part in the protests. "Myself and our lawyer have already been in court today. They called us and they sat us there, they brought them (detainees). There were 10 youngsters, 10 or 12, I don't know exactly. The judge handed down the sentence to all of us equally. She gave them a year of deprivation of freedom. My son raised his hand, asked for the judges permission very correctly. He expressed himself and told him that he had the right to a lawyer. He had the right to be defended and that he had not been given the opportunity. He was very angry. And then they immediately came up to him and I said: 'Please shut up, please shut up!' They put the handcuffs on him and I said: 'Please shut up, you are not alone. Your mother is going to do the impossible for this injustice. Shut up already?' And he did and walked away,'' Gonzalez said. Other relatives of detainees spent days desperately looking for their loved ones at different police stations. Meanwhile, actor and playwright, Yunior Garcia, was detained during the protests and placed under house arrest. "Apparently because they went through the videos of the protests, they located the people they recognized and they have gone to the houses of those protesters looking for them,'' Garcia said. "My current situation is that I have four officers in front of my door who prevent me from going outside. They told me I cannot even go to work. When I leave to buy cigarettes or food, one of them goes with me to keep me under vigilance. We know there are more, because we counted eight this morning,'' Garcia added. Juan Pappier, a senior researcher of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, said over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. "We have conducted dozens of interviews to document the Cuban repression against protesters in Cuba. We have concluded that the repression has been brutal. Over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. The vast majority of them are being held incommunicated. The whereabouts of many of them are unknown. Many have been beaten, some have been tortured. And many of them are being subject to arbitrary criminal prosecutions based on Cuban legislation that guarantees no due process rights and no rights to defence," Pappier said. Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said on July 14 that the government would have to apologize to those who were mistreated by mistake. Activists fear the detentions will detonate a series of trials of hundreds of people who partook in the demonstrations. (Production: Mario Fuentes, Nelson Gonzalez, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Anett Rios, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story ) ( Caption: 3067LA-CUBA-UNREST_DETAINED_O_ )

日付：2021年7月21日

RM 165081503

【映像】S-500弾道標的の撃墜に成功　ロシアの最新防空システム

カプースチン･ヤール、ロシア、７月21日（AP）― ロシアは７月20日、同国南部カストラハン州カプースチン・ヤールの演習場で新型防空システムS-500の試射を行い、高速弾道標的の撃墜に成功した。同国国防省が発表した。 　同防空システムは、今年さらなる試射を行った後、モスクワ地区の防空部隊に配備される予定だという。 　同国防省の発表では、射程600キロのS-500は｢射程と速度にかかわらず、既存のいかなる弾道ミサイルの撃破も可能」という。 　ロシアは2014年のクリミア併合以降、西側との緊張関係の高まりを受けて、兵器の近代化を最優先事項として推進している。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2021年7月21日

RM 165564994

Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story

Cubans who took part in the anti-government protests of July 11 and 12 have been detained with charges such as inciting public disorder. Among those detained include people who were protesting against a lack of food, medicine and freedom along with bystanders and people filming the demonstrations. Raisa Gonzalez, the mother of detainee Anyelo Troya, who had just come back from a court hearing said her son had just been sentenced to a year in prison for taking part in the protests. "Myself and our lawyer have already been in court today. They called us and they sat us there, they brought them (detainees). There were 10 youngsters, 10 or 12, I don't know exactly. The judge handed down the sentence to all of us equally. She gave them a year of deprivation of freedom. My son raised his hand, asked for the judges permission very correctly. He expressed himself and told him that he had the right to a lawyer. He had the right to be defended and that he had not been given the opportunity. He was very angry. And then they immediately came up to him and I said: 'Please shut up, please shut up!' They put the handcuffs on him and I said: 'Please shut up, you are not alone. Your mother is going to do the impossible for this injustice. Shut up already?' And he did and walked away,'' Gonzalez said. Other relatives of detainees spent days desperately looking for their loved ones at different police stations. Meanwhile, actor and playwright, Yunior Garcia, was detained during the protests and placed under house arrest. "Apparently because they went through the videos of the protests, they located the people they recognized and they have gone to the houses of those protesters looking for them,'' Garcia said. "My current situation is that I have four officers in front of my door who prevent me from going outside. They told me I cannot even go to work. When I leave to buy cigarettes or food, one of them goes with me to keep me under vigilance. We know there are more, because we counted eight this morning,'' Garcia added. Juan Pappier, a senior researcher of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, said over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. "We have conducted dozens of interviews to document the Cuban repression against protesters in Cuba. We have concluded that the repression has been brutal. Over 500 people including protesters, artists, journalists and others have been detained. The vast majority of them are being held incommunicated. The whereabouts of many of them are unknown. Many have been beaten, some have been tortured. And many of them are being subject to arbitrary criminal prosecutions based on Cuban legislation that guarantees no due process rights and no rights to defence," Pappier said. Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said on July 14 that the government would have to apologize to those who were mistreated by mistake. Activists fear the detentions will detonate a series of trials of hundreds of people who partook in the demonstrations. (Production: Mario Fuentes, Nelson Gonzalez, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Anett Rios, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: Cubans detained over anti-government protests tell their story ) ( Caption: 3067LA-CUBA-UNREST_DETAINED_O_ )

日付：2021年7月20日

RM 165211861

Police in Nigeria secure release of 100 kidnapping victims

CLIENTS NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING Police and government authorities have secured the release of 100 people, including women, children and nursing mothers, who were kidnapped from their village in northwestern Nigeria over a month ago, a local police spokesperson said. Nigeria is battling an increase in armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom, mainly in northwestern states, where thinly deployed security forces have struggled to contain the rise of armed gangs, commonly referred to as bandits. The released captives had been abducted on June 8 from Manawa village in Zamfara state, Mohammed Shehu, the state's police spokesperson, said in a statement sent to Reuters on Wednesday (July 21). He said their release had been secured "without giving any financial or material gain." "They will be medically checked and debriefed before (being) reunited with their respective families," the statement added. While northeastern Nigeria has faced a decade of insecurity, including attacks by Islamist militants including Islamic State-allied Boko Haram, the current wave of kidnappings is primarily financially motivated. Lagos-based consultancy SBM Intelligence estimates that kidnappers took 2,371 people across Nigeria in the first half of this year, demanding ransoms totalling 10 billion naira ($24.33 million). The bulk of those were abducted in the northern states of Zamfara, Kaduna and Niger. SBM said it could not accurately assess how much has been paid in ransoms. Over 200 students as well as scores of others taken in kidnapping raids are still being held captive. (Production: Angela Ukomadu, Nneka Chile) ( Original Title: Police in Nigeria secure release of 100 kidnapping victims ) ( Caption: 3064WD-NIGERIA-SECURITY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月20日

RM 165152679

'I refuse it' says CEO of Ben & Jerry's Israel on ice-cream ban decision

Israel warned consumer goods giant Unilever Plc on Tuesday (July 20) of "severe consequences" from a decision by subsidiary Ben & Jerry's to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories, and urged U.S. states to invoke anti-boycott laws. The Israeli licensee of the company said he was against the decision. In the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, residents voiced anger and said they would stop buying the ice-cream. The Ben & Jerry's announcement on Monday followed pro-Palestinian pressure on the South Burlington, Vermont-based company over its business in Israel and Jewish settlements in the West Bank, handled through a licensee partner since 1987. Ben & Jerry's said it would not renew the license when it expires at the end of next year. It said it would stay in Israel under a different arrangement, without sales in the West Bank, among areas where Palestinians seek statehood. Most world powers deem Israel's settlements illegal. It disputes this, citing historical and security links to the land, and has moved to penalise anti-settlement measures under Israeli law while securing similar legal protection in some U.S. states. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office said he spoke with Unilever CEO Alan Jope about the "glaring anti-Israel measure" by the ice cream maker. "From Israel's standpoint, this action has severe consequences, legal and otherwise, and it will move aggressively against any boycott measure targeting civilians," Bennett told Jope, according to the statement from his office. Britain's Unilever did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Palestinians welcomed the Ben & Jerry's announcement. They want the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip for a future state. Israel deems all of Jerusalem its capital - a status not recognised internationally. (Production: Rami Amichai, Dedi Hayun, Rinat Harash) ( Original Title: 'I refuse it' says CEO of Ben & Jerry's Israel on ice-cream ban decision ) ( Caption: 2210BU-BEN AND JERRY-ISRAEL__O_ )

日付：2021年7月20日

RM 165146508

Watch moment Mali security forces apprehend attack suspects

Malian security forces apprehended at least two men at Bamako's Grand Mosque on Tuesday (July 20), video footage showed, after the presidency said at least one attempted to stab interim president Assimi Goita. While a group of soldiers encircled Goita for his protection, another security detail apprehended two men, pointing handguns in their faces and pinning them to the ground before leading them outside the mosque. One of the men was then tied up and placed in the back of a military pickup truck. Mali, the theatre of French-supported operations against al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked insurgents for a decade, was thrown into political turmoil after a military junta led by Goita toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020. Goita served as vice-president to transitional leader Bah Ndaw until his ouster in May. (Production: Christophe Van Der Perre, Cooper Inveen, Michael Fiorentino, Hannah Ellison) ( Original Title: Watch moment Mali security forces apprehend attack suspects ) ( Caption: 2181WD-MALI-SECURITY_ATTACK_O_ )

日付：2021年7月20日

RM 165021400

【映像】極超音速ミサイル目標に命中　ロシア海軍バレンツ海で試射

白海、ロシア、７月20日（AP）― ロシアはバレンツ海の白海で7月19日、開発中のスクラムジェット極超音速巡航ミサイル｢ジルコン｣の試射に成功した。ロシア国防省が発表した。 　同国防省によれば、白海のアドミラル･ゴルシコフ級フリゲート艦から発射されたミサイルは、350キロ離れたバレンツ海沿岸の目標に命中したという。 　ジルコンは音速の９倍の速度で、射程距離は1000キロメートルといわれている。 　前回の試射はプーチン大統領の誕生日を祝って、10月に行われた。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2021年7月20日

RM 165077747

Market blast in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 28, wounds dozens - sources

An explosion killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday (July 19), police and hospital sources said. The state news agency said an explosive device had been detonated. Women and children were among the dead and some shops had burnt down, a police source said. More than 50 people were wounded. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Hospital sources told Reuters the death toll could rise as some of the wounded were in critical condition. Iraq's Security Media Cell said an investigation had been launched. It was the third time an explosion has hit Sadr, the mainly Shi'ite Muslim neighbourhood of Baghdad, in recent months, with the last one in June wounding 11 people. A suicide attack claimed by Islamic State militants killed at least 32 people in a Baghdad market in January. Large bomb attacks, once an almost daily occurrence in the Iraqi capital, have halted in recent years since Islamic State fighters were defeated in 2017, part of an overall improvement in security that has brought normal life back to Baghdad. (Production: Wessam al-Aqily, Maher Nazeh, Seham Eloraby) ( Original Title: Market blast in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 28, wounds dozens - sources ) ( Caption: 1193WD-IRAQ-BLAST__O_ )

日付：2021年7月19日

RM 165077749

Market blast in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 28, wounds dozens - sources

An explosion killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday (July 19), police and hospital sources said. The state news agency said an explosive device had been detonated. Women and children were among the dead and some shops had burnt down, a police source said. More than 50 people were wounded. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Hospital sources told Reuters the death toll could rise as some of the wounded were in critical condition. Iraq's Security Media Cell said an investigation had been launched. It was the third time an explosion has hit Sadr, the mainly Shi'ite Muslim neighbourhood of Baghdad, in recent months, with the last one in June wounding 11 people. A suicide attack claimed by Islamic State militants killed at least 32 people in a Baghdad market in January. Large bomb attacks, once an almost daily occurrence in the Iraqi capital, have halted in recent years since Islamic State fighters were defeated in 2017, part of an overall improvement in security that has brought normal life back to Baghdad. (Production: Wessam al-Aqily, Maher Nazeh, Seham Eloraby) ( Original Title: Market blast in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 28, wounds dozens - sources ) ( Caption: 1193WD-IRAQ-BLAST__O_ )

日付：2021年7月19日

RM 165077745

Israel's FM says Ben & Jerry's move a 'disgraceful capitulation to anti-Semitism'

American ice-cream brand Ben & Jerry's on Monday (July 19) said it would stop marketing its products in the occupied Palestinian territories, bowing to Palestinian pressure campaigns and saying that selling there was "inconsistent" with company values. The South Burlington, Vermont-based company, which is owned by Britain's Unilever Plc, has come under pressure from pro-Palestinian groups over its business in Israel and Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which is handled through a licensee partner since 1987. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that the decision was a "disgraceful capitulation to anti-Semitism". More than 440,000 Israeli settlers live uneasily among some 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank, land that Israel captured and occupied in a 1967 war but which Palestinians say is the heartland of a future state. Most countries consider Israeli settlements on Palestinian land to be illegal. Israel disputes this. On Monday, Ben & Jerry's said it would not renew its license agreement with its Israeli partner when it expires at the end of next year. It will, however, stay in Israel under a different arrangement, without sales in the Palestinian territories. Unilever, in a separate statement, said it remains "fully committed" to its presence in Israel. It said it has always recognized Ben & Jerry's right "to take decisions about its social mission". Ben & Jerry's operates a manufacturing facility and two scoop shops in Israel, which it describes on its website as being located "outside the occupied territories, just south of Tel Aviv." The Israeli boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) welcomed the move. Israel has said the BDS movement is motivated by a desire to paint Israel as illegitimate. Vermonters for Justice in Palestine said in a provisional statement the move still "fail(ed) to address the widespread anger at the actions of the Israeli government against Palestinian people who live in occupied territory" and that "Ben & Jerry's should completely disengage from Israel." Ben & Jerry's was acquired by Unilever in 2000 in a unique deal that allows it to operate with more autonomy than other subsidiaries. It is well known for its commitment to social justice that has recently included strongly supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, LGBTQ+ rights and electoral campaign finance reform. (Production: Roleen Tafakji, Ismael Khadder) ( Original Title: Israel's FM says Ben & Jerry's move a 'disgraceful capitulation to anti-Semitism' ) ( Caption: 1079WD-BEN AND JERRY-ISRAEL__O_ )

日付：2021年7月19日

RM 164931799

ロシア海軍の日 軍事パレードのリハーサル=サンクトペテルブルグ

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA ? JULY 18, 2021: A military band performs as warships and naval aviation take part in a rehearsal for the Russian Navy Day main military parade in the Gulf of Finland and on the Neva River. Valentin Yegorshin/Peter Kovalev/TASS (Original Title: Rehearsal of Russian Navy Day main military parade in St Petersburg)

日付：2021年7月18日

RM 165100504

Slain Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui buried in New Delhi

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was buried late on Sunday (July 18) in New Delhi after his remains were repatriated back from Afghanistan where he was killed while covering clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban. Hundreds of his friends, family and colleagues attended his burial that took place in the grounds of the same university from where he had graduated as a student of mass communication. Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what they described as Taliban crossfire, the official told Reuters. A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his wife Rike and two young children. Siddiqui had been embedded as a journalist last week with Afghan special forces based in the southern province of Kandahar and had been reporting on fighting between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters. Siddiqui was part of the Reuters photography team to win the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis, a series described by the judging committee as "shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar." A Reuters photographer since 2010, Siddiqui's work spanned the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Rohingya refugee crisis, the Hong Kong protests and Nepal earthquakes. In recent months, his searing photographs capturing the coronavirus pandemic in India have been published across the world. (Production: Sunil Kataria) ( Original Title: Slain Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui buried in New Delhi ) ( Caption: 1148AS-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT_REUTERS_FUNERAL_O_ )

日付：2021年7月18日

RM 165083489

Slain Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui buried in New Delhi

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was buried late on Sunday (July 18) in New Delhi after his mortal remains were brought back from Afghanistan where he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban. Hundreds of friends, family, colleagues and fellow media men attended his burial that took place in the grounds of the same university from where he had graduated as a student of mass communication. Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what they described as Taliban crossfire, the official told Reuters. A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his wife Rike and two young children. Siddiqui had been embedded as a journalist last week with Afghan special forces based in the southern province of Kandahar and had been reporting on fighting between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters. Siddiqui was part of the Reuters photography team to win the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis, a series described by the judging committee as "shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar." A Reuters photographer since 2010, Siddiqui's work spanned the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Rohingya refugee crisis, the Hong Kong protests and Nepal earthquakes. In recent months, his searing photographs capturing the coronavirus pandemic in India have been published across the world. (Production: Sunil Kataria, Tarun Kumar) ( Original Title: Slain Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui buried in New Delhi ) ( Caption: 1149SC-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT_REUTERS )

日付：2021年7月18日

RM 165031905

Jewish visits, opposed by Palestinians, spark clashes at Jerusalem holy site

Brief clashes erupted on Sunday (July 18) between Israeli police and Palestinians at Al Aqsa mosque over visits by Jews to the compound revered in Judaism as the site of two destroyed Biblical temples. No serious injuries were reported in what police described as stone-throwing early in the day by several Palestinian youngsters who it said were then dispersed. Palestinian officials said police forcefully evacuated Muslim worshippers to clear the way for Jewish visitors and fired rubber-coated bullets during the confrontation in one of the most sensitive venues in the Arab-Israeli conflict. All was quiet by the time Muslim noon prayers were held, but the incident drew condemnation by the Palestinian Authority, which administers limited self-rule in the occupied West Bank. Israeli media reports put the number of Jewish visitors who walked through the Jerusalem plaza at around 1,300. They were mostly religious Jews, some with children in tow, who toured the site under heavy police guard on the Tisha B'Av fast day marking the razing of the temples. In a statement, the Palestinian Authority said it held "the Israeli occupation government fully responsible for the escalation resulting from the Israeli incursion in the Al Aqsa mosque complex in occupied Jerusalem". The Authority called the Jewish visits provocative and a "serious threat to "security and stability". After the spate of violence, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett directed that Jewish visits there "continue, while maintaining order at the site", an official statement said. Israeli police monitor and regulate Jewish visits to the flashpoint plaza, known in Judaism as Temple Mount. Muslims refer to the compound, where Al Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest site, and the Dome of the Rock shrine are located, as the Noble Sanctuary. The area is in Jerusalem's walled Old City and part of the territory Israel captured in a 1967 Middle East war. Violence there led in part to an 11-day Israel-Gaza war in May. (Production: Eli Berlzon, Ilan Rosenberg, Ammar Awad, Sinan Abu Mayzer, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, Lianne Back) ( Original Title: Jewish visits, opposed by Palestinians, spark clashes at Jerusalem holy site ) ( Caption: 7109WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_AL_AQSA_O_ )

日付：2021年7月18日

RM 165031635

After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday

For Palestinians who lost loved ones in the fighting between Gaza militants and Israel two months ago, there is little cause for celebration during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice, it commemorates for the faithful the prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son to show his dedication to God. The holiday, coinciding with Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, begins on Tuesday, and Muslims traditionally mark the occasion by slaughtering sheep or cows and exchanging gifts. For this year's four-day festival, Mahmoud Issa, a 73-year-old retired teacher, bought new clothes for his grandchildren and took them to a farm to choose an animal to slaughter. But he mourns the death of his daughter Manar, 39, and her daughter, Lina 13, who he said were killed by an Israeli missile that destroyed their house in the Bureij refugee camp on May 13. Manar's husband and three other children survived. "As adults, we are still haunted by pain, but we must get the children out of this atmosphere and make them live the atmosphere of Eid, so that they forget the pain of losing their mother and their eldest sister," Issa said, sitting next to a large mural of Manar. Gaza's Hamas Islamist-run government says 2,200 homes were destroyed and 37,000 damaged by Israeli bombing during the 11 days of cross-border fighting in May. More than 250 Palestinians were killed in hundreds of Israeli air strikes in Gaza that were launched after Hamas began firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for what the group said were rights abuses against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Thirteen people were killed in Israel during rocket barrages that disrupted life and sent people running for shelter. In Gaza's livestock markets, breeders and farmers reported poor sales ahead of the holiday. At one market in the town of Khan Younis, some customers loaded animals onto donkey carts to take them home. "This year, the purchase of animals is weak because of the blockade, war and the coronavirus," said merchant Saleem Abu Atwa, referring in part to tight border restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt, which cite security concerns for the measures. "We hope calm continues. It is for the sake of everyone," he added. At a street stall in Gaza's busy Rimal neighbourhood, Mohammad Al-Qassas laments the destruction of his shoe store in the fighting as he sells goods that he salvaged from the rubble. The 23-year-old fears that an Egyptian-brokered truce that ended the most serious hostilities between Gaza militants and Israel in years might not last. "Another war would be a disaster," he told Reuters. (Production: Fadi Shana, Bassam Masoud, Mohammed Shana, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) ( Original Title: After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday ) ( Caption: 7107WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_RELIGION_EID_O_ )

日付：2021年7月18日

RM 165031637

After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday

For Palestinians who lost loved ones in the fighting between Gaza militants and Israel two months ago, there is little cause for celebration during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice, it commemorates for the faithful the prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son to show his dedication to God. The holiday, coinciding with Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, begins on Tuesday, and Muslims traditionally mark the occasion by slaughtering sheep or cows and exchanging gifts. For this year's four-day festival, Mahmoud Issa, a 73-year-old retired teacher, bought new clothes for his grandchildren and took them to a farm to choose an animal to slaughter. But he mourns the death of his daughter Manar, 39, and her daughter, Lina 13, who he said were killed by an Israeli missile that destroyed their house in the Bureij refugee camp on May 13. Manar's husband and three other children survived. "As adults, we are still haunted by pain, but we must get the children out of this atmosphere and make them live the atmosphere of Eid, so that they forget the pain of losing their mother and their eldest sister," Issa said, sitting next to a large mural of Manar. Gaza's Hamas Islamist-run government says 2,200 homes were destroyed and 37,000 damaged by Israeli bombing during the 11 days of cross-border fighting in May. More than 250 Palestinians were killed in hundreds of Israeli air strikes in Gaza that were launched after Hamas began firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for what the group said were rights abuses against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Thirteen people were killed in Israel during rocket barrages that disrupted life and sent people running for shelter. In Gaza's livestock markets, breeders and farmers reported poor sales ahead of the holiday. At one market in the town of Khan Younis, some customers loaded animals onto donkey carts to take them home. "This year, the purchase of animals is weak because of the blockade, war and the coronavirus," said merchant Saleem Abu Atwa, referring in part to tight border restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt, which cite security concerns for the measures. "We hope calm continues. It is for the sake of everyone," he added. At a street stall in Gaza's busy Rimal neighbourhood, Mohammad Al-Qassas laments the destruction of his shoe store in the fighting as he sells goods that he salvaged from the rubble. The 23-year-old fears that an Egyptian-brokered truce that ended the most serious hostilities between Gaza militants and Israel in years might not last. "Another war would be a disaster," he told Reuters. (Production: Fadi Shana, Bassam Masoud, Mohammed Shana, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) ( Original Title: After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday ) ( Caption: 7107WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_RELIGION_EID_O_ )

日付：2021年7月18日

RM 165031639

After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday

For Palestinians who lost loved ones in the fighting between Gaza militants and Israel two months ago, there is little cause for celebration during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice, it commemorates for the faithful the prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son to show his dedication to God. The holiday, coinciding with Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, begins on Tuesday, and Muslims traditionally mark the occasion by slaughtering sheep or cows and exchanging gifts. For this year's four-day festival, Mahmoud Issa, a 73-year-old retired teacher, bought new clothes for his grandchildren and took them to a farm to choose an animal to slaughter. But he mourns the death of his daughter Manar, 39, and her daughter, Lina 13, who he said were killed by an Israeli missile that destroyed their house in the Bureij refugee camp on May 13. Manar's husband and three other children survived. "As adults, we are still haunted by pain, but we must get the children out of this atmosphere and make them live the atmosphere of Eid, so that they forget the pain of losing their mother and their eldest sister," Issa said, sitting next to a large mural of Manar. Gaza's Hamas Islamist-run government says 2,200 homes were destroyed and 37,000 damaged by Israeli bombing during the 11 days of cross-border fighting in May. More than 250 Palestinians were killed in hundreds of Israeli air strikes in Gaza that were launched after Hamas began firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for what the group said were rights abuses against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Thirteen people were killed in Israel during rocket barrages that disrupted life and sent people running for shelter. In Gaza's livestock markets, breeders and farmers reported poor sales ahead of the holiday. At one market in the town of Khan Younis, some customers loaded animals onto donkey carts to take them home. "This year, the purchase of animals is weak because of the blockade, war and the coronavirus," said merchant Saleem Abu Atwa, referring in part to tight border restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt, which cite security concerns for the measures. "We hope calm continues. It is for the sake of everyone," he added. At a street stall in Gaza's busy Rimal neighbourhood, Mohammad Al-Qassas laments the destruction of his shoe store in the fighting as he sells goods that he salvaged from the rubble. The 23-year-old fears that an Egyptian-brokered truce that ended the most serious hostilities between Gaza militants and Israel in years might not last. "Another war would be a disaster," he told Reuters. (Production: Fadi Shana, Bassam Masoud, Mohammed Shana, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) ( Original Title: After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday ) ( Caption: 7107WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_RELIGION_EID_O_ )

日付：2021年7月18日

RM 164865211

ロシア技術者部隊の地雷探知犬コンテスト＝モスクワ

MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA - JULY 17, 2021: Servicemen and landmine sniffer dogs take part in a contest at a training center of the Engineer Troops of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Nikolo-Uryupino near Moscow. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS (Original Title: Contest for landmine sniffer dogs of Russian Engineer Troops)

日付：2021年7月17日

RM 165031323

U.S. Coast Guard patrols Florida Straits near Cuban waters

Reuters joined a U.S. Coast Guard patrol over the Florida Straits on Saturday (July 17) after U.S. Homeland Security effectively warned Florida boaters not to join a planned flotilla headed for Cuba in solidarity with unprecedented protests in the Communist-led island. The fleet of vessels is expected to launch from South Florida to Cuba on Monday (July 19) to offer support to Cuban demonstrators who began protesting in large numbers last weekend. In an apparent response to the planned launch, the Department of Homeland Security issued an advisory on Thursday (July 15) reminding boaters that it is illegal to enter Cuban waters from the U.S. without a permit, saying that boaters who attempt the crossing illegally risk arrest, having their vessels seized, civil and criminal fines of up to $25,000 and even 10 years in prison. "Boaters departing any United States port with the intention of entering Cuban territorial waters must obtain permission in advance from the U.S. Coast Guard," the notice read. The same day, the Coast Guard also urged South Florida recreational boaters who were considering sailing into Cuban territorial waters to "not take to the sea", adding that "the waters in the Florida Straits are unpredictable and dangerous". Reuters joined the crew of an HC-144 Ocean Sentry Aircraft that departed U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa-locka Saturday for a patrol mission that would take it across the Florida Keys, around Cuba and past the Bahamas before returning to base. Flight crew were looking for any possible vessels in distress, including those that may carry migrants. Thursday's Coast Guard advisory said that in recent months "20 Cuban migrants from two separate search and rescue cases could not be found in the Florida Straits after their rustic vessels capsized". "Each time you take to the waters especially far off shore, it's dangerous, it's risky," Captain Jeff Grant of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who is doing an exchange with the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami, told Reuters during the Saturday flight. "You got to think that especially if it's not powered, you're just at the mercy of the winds and the drift," he said. Thousands of Cubans have taken part in protests over the past week over shortages of basic goods, curbs on civil liberties, and the government's handling of a surge in COVID-19 infections, in the most significant unrest in decades in the Caribbean island nation. Throughout the week in the United States, and especially in Florida which has a large community of Cuban exiles, demonstrators have staged protests, waving Cuban flags and calling for change. Organizers of the flotilla were cited in the media as saying that some of the boats were expected to carry basic supplies and medicine for the demonstrators. But it was unclear by Sunday if the flotilla was certain to sail or not. "Came into agreement with all captains that If we don't have more than 100+ boats we won't be taking off!" Osdany Veloz, who was cited in various media reports as among the organizers, said on his Instagram page on Friday (July 16). (Production: Marco Bello, Mana Rabiee) ( Original Title: U.S. Coast Guard patrols Florida Straits near Cuban waters ) ( Caption: 7140LA-CUBA-UNREST_USA_COAST_GUARD_O_ )

日付：2021年7月17日

RM 164977718

Georgians protest over death of journalist beaten in attack on LGBT+ supporters

Hundreds gathered in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Saturday (July 17) demanding justice for the death of journalist Alexander Lashkarava. Lashkarava was found dead on Sunday (July 11) at his home by his mother after being hurt when groups opposed to a planned pride march ransacked an LBGT campaign office last week, his employers at TV Pirveli said. The march was called off. During the rally on Saturday, protesters waved European Union and Georgian flags, while others held posters accusing the government of undermining democratic principles. Human rights activists have accused the Georgian authorities of emboldening hate groups and failing to protect journalists and supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. More than 50 journalists were targeted in the violence, police said on Monday (July 12), prompting Western countries to call on Georgia to ensure freedom of expression and assembly. The United States last week called for prosecutions over the violence. Georgia's interior ministry has said it is investigating Lashkarava's death but has not said what caused it. President Salome Zourabichvili has described the events as a tragedy and said those responsible must be punished. (Production: Anton Derbenev, Irakli Gedenidze) ( Original Title: Georgians protest over death of journalist beaten in attack on LGBT+ supporters ) ( Caption: 6126WD-GEORGIA-POLITICS_JOURNALIST_PROTESTS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月17日

RM 164963600

Thousands of Afghan families displaced by ongoing fighting in north

The 12,000 families displaced due to fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban said on Saturday (July 17) their situation was dire and were waiting for help. Some of them were being housed in a highschool in Takhar province, in the northeast of the country. "We were not helped or even given a carpet. Not even a dog can live here, and if we do not have to, we will not stay here for a day. You see our situation for yourself," said Mohammad Amin, one of the many living in the classroom which had a little more than mats on the floor. The UNHCR has said an estimated 270,000 Afghans have been newly displaced inside the country since January, bringing the number of people forced from their homes to more than 3.5 million. Taliban insurgents have already captured all the districts in Takhar province but are facing resistance from Afghan forces and armed civilians in and around the capital, according to local reports which could not be independently verified. Recent territorial gains by the Taliban come as foreign troops led by the U.S. military withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, leaving the task of pulling the country from a spiralling security crisis to local forces. (Production: Naeem Rahimi, Sayed Hassib, Hameed Farzad, Masako Iijima) ( Original Title: Thousands of Afghan families displaced by ongoing fighting in north ) ( Caption: 6003AS-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT_DISPLACED_PEOPLE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月17日

RM 164833845

ロシア海軍の日　軍事パレードのリハーサル＝サンクトペテルブルク

KRONSHTADT, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA ? JULY 16, 2021: Nuclear-powered submarines Orel of the Project 949AM and Knyaz Vladimir of the Project 955A take part in a rehearsal for the Russian Navy Day main military parade in the Gulf of Finland. The parade is scheduled for 25 July 2021 in St Petersburg and Kronshtadt. Peter Kovalev/TASS (Original Title: Rehearsal of Russian Navy Day main military parade in St Petersburg)

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164836599

タジキスタン　現役・予備軍による軍事パレード

KHATLON REGION, TAJIKISTAN - JULY 16, 2021: A military parade held by Tajikistan's active and reserve forces on the Tajik-Afghan border. Nakib Murodzoda/Tajikistan Presidential Press Office/TASS (Original Title: Military parade on Tajik-Afghan border)

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 165031641

After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday

For Palestinians who lost loved ones in the fighting between Gaza militants and Israel two months ago, there is little cause for celebration during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice, it commemorates for the faithful the prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son to show his dedication to God. The holiday, coinciding with Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, begins on Tuesday, and Muslims traditionally mark the occasion by slaughtering sheep or cows and exchanging gifts. For this year's four-day festival, Mahmoud Issa, a 73-year-old retired teacher, bought new clothes for his grandchildren and took them to a farm to choose an animal to slaughter. But he mourns the death of his daughter Manar, 39, and her daughter, Lina 13, who he said were killed by an Israeli missile that destroyed their house in the Bureij refugee camp on May 13. Manar's husband and three other children survived. "As adults, we are still haunted by pain, but we must get the children out of this atmosphere and make them live the atmosphere of Eid, so that they forget the pain of losing their mother and their eldest sister," Issa said, sitting next to a large mural of Manar. Gaza's Hamas Islamist-run government says 2,200 homes were destroyed and 37,000 damaged by Israeli bombing during the 11 days of cross-border fighting in May. More than 250 Palestinians were killed in hundreds of Israeli air strikes in Gaza that were launched after Hamas began firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for what the group said were rights abuses against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Thirteen people were killed in Israel during rocket barrages that disrupted life and sent people running for shelter. In Gaza's livestock markets, breeders and farmers reported poor sales ahead of the holiday. At one market in the town of Khan Younis, some customers loaded animals onto donkey carts to take them home. "This year, the purchase of animals is weak because of the blockade, war and the coronavirus," said merchant Saleem Abu Atwa, referring in part to tight border restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt, which cite security concerns for the measures. "We hope calm continues. It is for the sake of everyone," he added. At a street stall in Gaza's busy Rimal neighbourhood, Mohammad Al-Qassas laments the destruction of his shoe store in the fighting as he sells goods that he salvaged from the rubble. The 23-year-old fears that an Egyptian-brokered truce that ended the most serious hostilities between Gaza militants and Israel in years might not last. "Another war would be a disaster," he told Reuters. (Production: Fadi Shana, Bassam Masoud, Mohammed Shana, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) ( Original Title: After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday ) ( Caption: 7107WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_RELIGION_EID_O_ )

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164924115

Giant 'Cuba Libre' message painted outside Cuba's U.S. embassy

The message "Cuba Libre", or 'free Cuba', was painted in giant block lettering on the street directly in front of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C., overnight Friday (July 16) following days of unprecedented protests on the Communist-led island. It was not immediately clear who was behind the giant lettering, whose message and format echoed the yellow "Black Lives Matter" mural that was painted on a street near the White House in 2020 during nationwide protests against racism and police brutality in the United States. That section of street was later renamed officially "Black Lives Matter Plaza." Thousands of Cubans have joined a wave of nationwide protests since Sunday over shortages of basic goods, curbs on civil liberties and the government's handling of a surge in COVID-19 infections, in the most significant unrest in decades in the Caribbean island nation. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Friday the United States, not Cuba, was a failed state, reacting to comments made the previous day by U.S. President Joe Biden in the wake of the protests. Biden called Cuba a "failed state" that is "repressing their citizens", dashing hopes he could lift crippling sanctions any time soon that have contributed to the country's worst economic crisis in decades. (Production: Kevin Fogarty, Mana Rabiee) ( Original Title: Giant 'Cuba Libre' message painted outside Cuba's U.S. embassy ) ( Caption: 5205LA-CUBA-UNREST_USA_EMBASSY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164918191

As security worsens, senior Afghan officials travel to Doha for talks with Taliban

A senior Afghan delegation led by the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, travelled to Doha on Friday (July 16) for talks with members of the Taliban. Ahead of the delegation's departure from Kabul's airport, Abdullah told reporters that he hopes they will reach an agreement with the Taliban despite heavy fighting in the country. "God willing, we hope that the Taliban side will see this as an opportunity and know that there will be no peace with continues or capturing of a district or areas. The result of peace can only be achieved from the negotiating table'', he said. Part of the delegation is former president Hamid Karzai. Clashes between the Taliban and government forces have intensified as U.S.- led international forces have been withdrawing. The Taliban have captured several districts and border crossings in the north and west. The government has accused the Taliban of destroying hundreds of government buildings in 29 of the country's 34 provinces. The Taliban deny accusations of extensive destruction by their fighters. The Islamist militants ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until they were ousted in 2001, weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. They have fought since to expel foreign forces and topple the government in Kabul. (Production: Samargul Zwak, Hameed Farzad, Sayed Hassib) ( Original Title: As security worsens, senior Afghan officials travel to Doha for talks with Taliban ) ( Caption: 5013AS-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT__O_ )

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164917832

South African leader says calm has been restored to most places

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday (July 16) the unrest that has ripped through South Africa in the past week was stabilizing and calm has been restored to most of the affected areas, but the destruction will cost the country billions of rand. Ramaphosa was addressing the nation over the rioting that broke out in several parts of the country last week after his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, was jailed for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. The unrest swiftly degenerated into looting which has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed over 200 people, driven by widespread anger over the poverty and inequality that persist nearly three decades after the end of white minority rule. The police has arrested over 2,500 people suspected to be involved in inciting violence and that these cases are being prioritised, Ramaphosa said. The ransacking of stores has led to shortages of essential goods. State logistics group Transnet said operations at Durban and Richards Bay ports were improving although road closures and fuel and food shortages were constraining its supply chain. Richards Bay had cleared all its shipping backlogs. Retailer Massmart said protesters had looted 41 of its stores and two distribution centers, with four sites damaged by arson. Ramaphosa, however, said there was no shortage of food and supplies and urged people to not to resort to panic buying. He has authorized the deployment of 25,000 armed forces members, who will protect all key installations and commercial sites vital to the functioning of the economy. He ruled out that he would need to impose emergency in the country. (Production: Shafiek Tassiem) ( Original Title: South African leader says calm has been restored to most places ) ( Caption: 5203WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_RAMAPHOSA_MORE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164917833

South African leader says calm has been restored to most places

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday (July 16) the unrest that has ripped through South Africa in the past week was stabilizing and calm has been restored to most of the affected areas, but the destruction will cost the country billions of rand. Ramaphosa was addressing the nation over the rioting that broke out in several parts of the country last week after his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, was jailed for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. The unrest swiftly degenerated into looting which has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed over 200 people, driven by widespread anger over the poverty and inequality that persist nearly three decades after the end of white minority rule. The police has arrested over 2,500 people suspected to be involved in inciting violence and that these cases are being prioritised, Ramaphosa said. The ransacking of stores has led to shortages of essential goods. State logistics group Transnet said operations at Durban and Richards Bay ports were improving although road closures and fuel and food shortages were constraining its supply chain. Richards Bay had cleared all its shipping backlogs. Retailer Massmart said protesters had looted 41 of its stores and two distribution centers, with four sites damaged by arson. Ramaphosa, however, said there was no shortage of food and supplies and urged people to not to resort to panic buying. He has authorized the deployment of 25,000 armed forces members, who will protect all key installations and commercial sites vital to the functioning of the economy. He ruled out that he would need to impose emergency in the country. (Production: Shafiek Tassiem) ( Original Title: South African leader says calm has been restored to most places ) ( Caption: 5203WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_RAMAPHOSA_MORE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164917824

South African leader says calm has been restored to most places

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday (July 16) the unrest that has ripped through South Africa in the past week was stabilizing and calm has been restored to most of the affected areas, but the destruction will cost the country billions of rand. Ramaphosa was addressing the nation over the rioting that broke out in several parts of the country last week after his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, was jailed for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. The unrest swiftly degenerated into looting which has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed over 200 people, driven by widespread anger over the poverty and inequality that persist nearly three decades after the end of white minority rule. The police has arrested over 2,500 people suspected to be involved in inciting violence and that these cases are being prioritised, Ramaphosa said. The ransacking of stores has led to shortages of essential goods. State logistics group Transnet said operations at Durban and Richards Bay ports were improving although road closures and fuel and food shortages were constraining its supply chain. Richards Bay had cleared all its shipping backlogs. Retailer Massmart said protesters had looted 41 of its stores and two distribution centers, with four sites damaged by arson. Ramaphosa, however, said there was no shortage of food and supplies and urged people to not to resort to panic buying. He has authorized the deployment of 25,000 armed forces members, who will protect all key installations and commercial sites vital to the functioning of the economy. He ruled out that he would need to impose emergency in the country. (Production: Shafiek Tassiem) ( Original Title: South African leader says calm has been restored to most places ) ( Caption: 5203WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_RAMAPHOSA_MORE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164917809

South African leader says calm has been restored to most places

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday (July 16) the unrest that has ripped through South Africa in the past week was stabilizing and calm has been restored to most of the affected areas, but the destruction will cost the country billions of rand. Ramaphosa was addressing the nation over the rioting that broke out in several parts of the country last week after his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, was jailed for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. The unrest swiftly degenerated into looting which has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed over 200 people, driven by widespread anger over the poverty and inequality that persist nearly three decades after the end of white minority rule. The police has arrested over 2,500 people suspected to be involved in inciting violence and that these cases are being prioritised, Ramaphosa said. The ransacking of stores has led to shortages of essential goods. State logistics group Transnet said operations at Durban and Richards Bay ports were improving although road closures and fuel and food shortages were constraining its supply chain. Richards Bay had cleared all its shipping backlogs. Retailer Massmart said protesters had looted 41 of its stores and two distribution centers, with four sites damaged by arson. Ramaphosa, however, said there was no shortage of food and supplies and urged people to not to resort to panic buying. He has authorized the deployment of 25,000 armed forces members, who will protect all key installations and commercial sites vital to the functioning of the economy. He ruled out that he would need to impose emergency in the country. (Production: Shafiek Tassiem) ( Original Title: South African leader says calm has been restored to most places ) ( Caption: 5203WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_RAMAPHOSA_MORE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月16日

RM 164716217

テロ攻撃を企てていたロシア人を拘束＝モスクワ

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 15, 2021: Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detain a Russian national who has been plotting a terrorist attack. Russian Federal Security Service/TASS (Original Title: FSB detains Russian national plotting terrorist attack)

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164703269

ロシア海軍の日に向けパレードのリハーサルを行う主要軍艦＝露サンクトペテルブルグ

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JULY 15, 2021: Warships take part in a rehearsal of the Main Naval Parade in the Kronshtadt roadstead. The parade is scheduled for July 25 in St Petersburg and Kronshtadt to mark Russian Navy Day. Valentin Yegorshin/TASS (Original Title: Rehearsal of Russian Navy Day parade in St Petersburg)

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164855291

Rights groups urge Japan to stop real estate project in Myanmar

Human rights groups on Thursday (July 15) called for Japan to cancel a real estate project involving Myanmar's defence ministry, saying the project is linked to the military, which has waged a deadly crackdown since the February 1 coup. Japan's private firms and a state entity are engaged in a multi-million dollar hotel and office development on land owned by Myanmar's defence ministry, Reuters reported earlier. Rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, said Japan failed to assess the risk associated with doing business in Myanmar. "We think that the Japanese companies and relevant organisations should uphold their responsibilities and withdraw from the Y-Complex project that could be funding the Myanmar junta which has repeatedly violated human rights even before the coup," said Teppei Sakai, a program officer with Human Rights Watch. Through rent payments, the Y Complex project benefits Myanmar's defence ministry, which is controlled by the military under the country's constitution, the groups say. Japanese companies and government officials have said they thought the rent, which was paid by an intermediary, was ultimately going to Myanmar's government, not the military. (Production: Irene Wang) ( Original Title: Rights groups urge Japan to stop real estate project in Myanmar ) ( Caption: 4007AS-JAPAN-MYANMAR__O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164855177

Injured during war, Syrians on wheelchairs set up basketball team in camps

On wheelchairs, 15 Syrians who were injured during the country's war and later internally displaced play basketball after forming the first team in al-Bab city in northern Syria. The players who say they once felt marginalised decided to form the team to break the isolation they felt and become more integrated in society. "We tried to establish something that will enable us to go out of the houses we stay in, to leave this atmosphere we are in," team member Mohamad al-Khatib said. Khatib and the rest of members established their team on January and have been training at al-Bab's sports city since then. They are supported by a Turkish NGO helping the injured in northern Syria. The team members, who currently compete in local competitions, say they face many challenges including lack of support and the use of wheelchairs not fit for basketball. Despite the challenges, they are working hard to improve their game, hoping to compete in international competitions in the future. (Production: Mahmoud Hassano, Firas Makdesi, Kinda Makieh) ( Original Title: Injured during war, Syrians on wheelchairs set up basketball team in camps ) ( Caption: 4142ME-SYRIA-SECURITY_BASKETBALL_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164855176

South Africa says 10,000 troops on the ground to quell violence

Ten thousand South African soldiers were in the streets as of Thursday morning (July 15) to help quell days of looting and violence, a cabinet minister said. "By this morning 10,000 boots were already on the ground, which is an increment of 5,000 from yesterday morning," the acting minister in the presidency told a news conference. Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Wednesday (July 14) she wanted to deploy up to 25,000 soldiers in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, which bore the brunt of the several days of violence. Security forces had arrested at least 1,350 people by Wednesday, Mapisa-Nqakula said. The rioting first broke out in response to the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week for his failure to appear at a corruption inquiry. It swiftly degenerated into looting and destruction, driven by widespread anger over the hardship and inequality that nearly three decades of democracy since the end of apartheid have failed to address. The ransacking of stores has left food and other essentials in short supply, and the closure of many petrol stations has also hit transport supply lines. An unknown number of people have been forced out of work due to the destruction of businesses, which is likely to exacerbate the poverty and desperation that partly fuelled the riots. Half of South Africans are below the official poverty line and unemployment stood at a record high of 32.6% in the first three months of 2021, thanks partly to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. (Production: Siyabonga Sishi, Shafiek Tassiem, Sisipho Skweyiya) ( Original Title: South Africa says 10,000 troops on the ground to quell violence ) ( Caption: 4206WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_MILITARY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164855178

Injured during war, Syrians on wheelchairs set up basketball team in camps

On wheelchairs, 15 Syrians who were injured during the country's war and later internally displaced play basketball after forming the first team in al-Bab city in northern Syria. The players who say they once felt marginalised decided to form the team to break the isolation they felt and become more integrated in society. "We tried to establish something that will enable us to go out of the houses we stay in, to leave this atmosphere we are in," team member Mohamad al-Khatib said. Khatib and the rest of members established their team on January and have been training at al-Bab's sports city since then. They are supported by a Turkish NGO helping the injured in northern Syria. The team members, who currently compete in local competitions, say they face many challenges including lack of support and the use of wheelchairs not fit for basketball. Despite the challenges, they are working hard to improve their game, hoping to compete in international competitions in the future. (Production: Mahmoud Hassano, Firas Makdesi, Kinda Makieh) ( Original Title: Injured during war, Syrians on wheelchairs set up basketball team in camps ) ( Caption: 4142ME-SYRIA-SECURITY_BASKETBALL_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164852164

Protests, rallies in Miami amid ongoing solidarity with Cuba

Miami continued its daily show of support for Cuba on Wednesday (July 14) with another rally and protest. Demonstrators waved signs and chanted, demanding freedom for Cuba. The protests come after thousands joined a wave of nationwide protests over shortages of basic goods, curbs on civil liberties and the government's handling of a surge in COVID-19 infections on Sunday, in the most significant unrest in decades in the country. Meanwhile, Cuba announced on Wednesday it was temporarily lifting restrictions on the amount of food and medicine travelers could bring into the country in an apparent small concession to demands by protesters who took to the street last weekend. (Production: Marco Antonio Bello) ( Original Title: Protests, rallies in Miami amid ongoing solidarity with Cuba ) ( Caption: 4118LA-CUBA-UNREST_MIAMI_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164852165

Protests, rallies in Miami amid ongoing solidarity with Cuba

Miami continued its daily show of support for Cuba on Wednesday (July 14) with another rally and protest. Demonstrators waved signs and chanted, demanding freedom for Cuba. The protests come after thousands joined a wave of nationwide protests over shortages of basic goods, curbs on civil liberties and the government's handling of a surge in COVID-19 infections on Sunday, in the most significant unrest in decades in the country. Meanwhile, Cuba announced on Wednesday it was temporarily lifting restrictions on the amount of food and medicine travelers could bring into the country in an apparent small concession to demands by protesters who took to the street last weekend. (Production: Marco Antonio Bello) ( Original Title: Protests, rallies in Miami amid ongoing solidarity with Cuba ) ( Caption: 4118LA-CUBA-UNREST_MIAMI_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164851717

For one Lebanese taxi driver, life is as bitter as his Arabic coffee

Zakaria Ghalayeeni has driven a taxi around Beirut since he was 18-years-old and at 76 he is still driving to earn a meagre living through what he says are Lebanon's darkest times. "We do not deserve this humiliation at fuel stations," Ghalayeeni said as he joined a queue for gasoline that was likely to stretch for hours. Lebanon is in the throes of a financial crisis. Its currency has lost more than 90% of its value in almost two years and more than half of the population has been propelled into poverty. Shortages of basic supplies like fuel mean motorists queue for hours to get barely any petrol at the end of their long wait, something which makes Ghalayeeni's life a daily struggle. Ghalayeeni leaves his house at 7:30 a.m. and drives around most of the day. When he first started out as a teenager, a taxi ride was worth 1 pound. But even though a ride now is around 10,000 pounds, he only earns between 50,000 and 100,000 pounds a day. Before the crisis that translated into almost $70 but it is less than $5 at the current street rate. "The taxi does not give you any benefits, you can only secure food out of it and maintenance (for the car), not more than that, you can't save any money," he said. As he waits in Beirut's central Martyrs' Square for any client to call him, Ghalayeeni ponders the quiet in an area which was once buzzing with life. "It was very crowded, now there is no one, no taxis, no one, it is empty," he said. But regardless of the endless lines for gasoline and the shortage of customers, he carries on - he has no alternative income. His only companion as he waits is a picture of his late wife, who died five years ago, that he keeps on his dashboard. In keeping with an Arab custom observed at funerals and other testing times, he has stopped taking sugar in his daily coffee. "The coffee stays bitter, like this life, as much as you add sugar to it, it will stay bitter," he said. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Maha El Dahan) ( Original Title: For one Lebanese taxi driver, life is as bitter as his Arabic coffee ) ( Caption: 4140ME-LEBANON-CRISIS_TAXI_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164850518

After days of violence, South Africans help clean up devastated neighbourhoods

After days of violent riots and looting in South Africa, community members in the worst affected areas began a cleaning initiative on Thursday (July 15), removing rubbish in the streets of Johannesburg and Durban. Several neighbourhoods were quiet on Thursday, ahead of an expected surge in soldiers on the streets. The riots started as protests sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry. But they swiftly degenerated into looting and destruction, driven by widespread anger over the hardship and inequality that nearly three decades of democracy since the end of apartheid have failed to address. South Africa's defence minister said on Wednesday (July 14) she planned to deploy up to 25,000 soldiers in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces where security forces were struggling to quell days of looting, arson and violence. Shopping malls and warehouses have been ransacked or set ablaze in several cities, mostly in Zuma's home in the KwaZulu-Natal province, especially Durban, and the financial and economic centre Johannesburg and surrounding Gauteng province. (Production: Shafiek Tassem, Rogan Ward, Sisipho Skweyiya) ( Original Title: After days of violence, South Africans help clean up devastated neighbourhoods ) ( Caption: 4113WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_CLEANUP_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164849604

Community pitches in to clean up after S.Africa violence wanes

A week of violence that has engulfed South Africa slowly began to ebb on Thursday (July 15), and people counted the cost of an orgy of arson and looting that has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed at least 70 people. The military called up all its reservists on Thursday in a bid to tackle the violence, which security forces have so far been unable to stop. At Diepkloof Mall in Soweto, South Africa's biggest township and one of the worst affected areas, about 50 people swept up broken glass and packed empty shoe boxes into plastic rubbish bags. Grocery and clothing stores were empty, with only clothing racks and naked mannequins scattered across the floor. "It's heartbreaking. Very, very heartbreaking. Everything is gone," said Ricardo Desousa, manager of a ransacked butcher shop in Soweto's Bara Mall. "It's going to take months to be back up again," he added. DeSousa's staff were helping clean up the damage. The riots initially started in response to the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week for his failure to appear at a corruption inquiry. But they swiftly degenerated into looting and destruction, driven by widespread anger over the hardship and inequality that nearly three decades of democracy since the end of apartheid have failed to address. Half the population lives below the poverty line, according to the latest government figures from 2015, and growing joblessness since the coronavirus pandemic began has left many desperate. Unemployment stood at a record high of 32.6% in the first three months of 2021. Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Wednesday (July 14) she wanted to deploy up to 25,000 soldiers in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, where security forces were struggling to quell the days of looting, arson and violence. Authorities say 5,000 troops were already on the streets since Wednesday, double the number originally planned. It was unclear when the rest would arrive. (Production: Dinky Mkhize, Sisipho Skweyiya) ( Original Title: Community pitches in to clean up after S.Africa violence wanes ) ( Caption: 4023WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_CLEANUP_UPDATE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164684350

【映像】パキスタン国境検問所を制圧　アフガン反政府勢力タリバン

スピン･ボルダック、アフガニスタン、７月15日（AP）― 近隣諸国との国境検問施設を次々と手中に収めているアフガニスタンの反政府組織タリバンは７月14日、同国南東部でパキスタンと国境を接する、カンダハル州のスピン･ボルダックにある国境検問所を制圧した。 　国境を挟んだパキスタン側のチャマンからは、検問所に掲げられたタリバンの旗と車に乗った戦闘員の姿が見えるという。 　これに対して、カンダハルのアフガニスタン政府の出先機関は、タリバンの検問所制圧の事実を否定している。 　アジアの内陸国アフガニスタンにとってスピン･ボルダックは、アラビア海に面したパキスタン最大の貿易港カラチから、陸路運ばれてくる物資の重要な通過地点となる。 　駐留米軍の撤退に伴って、国境地域で攻勢を強めているタリバンは６月以降、西のイランや、北のウズベキスタンとタジキスタンなどとの国境にある検問地点を制圧している。 　タリバンはこれまでに、アフガニスタン国内の421行政区の３分の１以上を手中に収めたと発表していたが、先週は国土の85パーセントを占領したと主張。さすがに、この主張は確認する方法がない。 （日本語翻訳･編集　アフロ）

日付：2021年7月15日

RM 164638968

タリバンが国境要衝の占領を宣言、多数の支持者がパキスタンへ向かう＝アフガニスタン

A number of Taliban supporters crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan after the group claimed to have captured a border crossing. Footage from July 14 shows a convoy of armed supporters driving down a road in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan. According to reports, the Taliban has claimed it has captured the Spin Boldak border crossing into Pakistan. ( Original Title: Taliban supporters cross into Pakistan after group claim to capture border )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 165031636

After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday

For Palestinians who lost loved ones in the fighting between Gaza militants and Israel two months ago, there is little cause for celebration during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice, it commemorates for the faithful the prophet Ibrahim's readiness to sacrifice his son to show his dedication to God. The holiday, coinciding with Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, begins on Tuesday, and Muslims traditionally mark the occasion by slaughtering sheep or cows and exchanging gifts. For this year's four-day festival, Mahmoud Issa, a 73-year-old retired teacher, bought new clothes for his grandchildren and took them to a farm to choose an animal to slaughter. But he mourns the death of his daughter Manar, 39, and her daughter, Lina 13, who he said were killed by an Israeli missile that destroyed their house in the Bureij refugee camp on May 13. Manar's husband and three other children survived. "As adults, we are still haunted by pain, but we must get the children out of this atmosphere and make them live the atmosphere of Eid, so that they forget the pain of losing their mother and their eldest sister," Issa said, sitting next to a large mural of Manar. Gaza's Hamas Islamist-run government says 2,200 homes were destroyed and 37,000 damaged by Israeli bombing during the 11 days of cross-border fighting in May. More than 250 Palestinians were killed in hundreds of Israeli air strikes in Gaza that were launched after Hamas began firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for what the group said were rights abuses against Palestinians in Jerusalem. Thirteen people were killed in Israel during rocket barrages that disrupted life and sent people running for shelter. In Gaza's livestock markets, breeders and farmers reported poor sales ahead of the holiday. At one market in the town of Khan Younis, some customers loaded animals onto donkey carts to take them home. "This year, the purchase of animals is weak because of the blockade, war and the coronavirus," said merchant Saleem Abu Atwa, referring in part to tight border restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt, which cite security concerns for the measures. "We hope calm continues. It is for the sake of everyone," he added. At a street stall in Gaza's busy Rimal neighbourhood, Mohammad Al-Qassas laments the destruction of his shoe store in the fighting as he sells goods that he salvaged from the rubble. The 23-year-old fears that an Egyptian-brokered truce that ended the most serious hostilities between Gaza militants and Israel in years might not last. "Another war would be a disaster," he told Reuters. (Production: Fadi Shana, Bassam Masoud, Mohammed Shana, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh) ( Original Title: After war with Israel, a grieving Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha holiday ) ( Caption: 7107WD-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS_RELIGION_EID_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164852166

Protests, rallies in Miami amid ongoing solidarity with Cuba

Miami continued its daily show of support for Cuba on Wednesday (July 14) with another rally and protest. Demonstrators waved signs and chanted, demanding freedom for Cuba. The protests come after thousands joined a wave of nationwide protests over shortages of basic goods, curbs on civil liberties and the government's handling of a surge in COVID-19 infections on Sunday, in the most significant unrest in decades in the country. Meanwhile, Cuba announced on Wednesday it was temporarily lifting restrictions on the amount of food and medicine travelers could bring into the country in an apparent small concession to demands by protesters who took to the street last weekend. (Production: Marco Antonio Bello) ( Original Title: Protests, rallies in Miami amid ongoing solidarity with Cuba ) ( Caption: 4118LA-CUBA-UNREST_MIAMI_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164852029

Rival claims over fate of Afghan border town

There were conflicting reports on Thursday (July 15) about the fate of a major Afghan trading town on the border with Pakistan, with the government saying its forces had retaken it from the Taliban but the insurgents insisting they remained firmly in control. Reuters footage showed large crowds of people riding on vehicles carrying Taliban flags near the Chaman border point on Wednesday (July 14). People waiting on the Pakistani side of the border said they were unable to cross. Taliban fighters captured the Spin Boldak-Chaman border post on Wednesday, the second most important crossing on the border with Pakistan and a major source of revenue for the Western-backed government in Kabul. A senior Afghan government official said on Thursday the security forces had retaken control of the town hours after the Taliban seized it. But Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid dismissed that and said his forces still held it. (Production: Abdul Khaliq Achakzai, Salah Uddin, Sheree Sardar) ( Original Title: Rival claims over fate of Afghan border town ) ( Caption: 4018AS-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT__O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164784659

Teenager killed by stray bullet in SAfrica looting, minister appeals for calm

A 15-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet in a Johannesburg township on Wednesday (July 14) according to a Reuters photographer who saw the body and relatives grieving. More than 70 people have been killed in the unrest, the worst in South Africa for years, and hundreds of businesses wrecked. Food and fuel supplies are running short. A crowd gathered around the body of teenager Vusi Dlamini in Vosloorus to the south of Johannesburg. Among his relatives at the scene were his grandmother and his sister, according to the Reuters photographer. Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni appealed to South Africans for calm, asking them to resist the urge to stock up on supplies to avoid spreading COVID-19. Ntshavheni said government understood the concerns of those who had taken up arms to defend their property, but called on anyone acting as vigilantism to work with law enforcement and stick to the rule of law. Residents in some areas on Wednesday turned suspected looters into police, blocked entrances to malls and in some cases armed themselves as vigilantes to form road blocks or scare them away. Triggered by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week, after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry, protests have widened into looting and an outpouring of anger over the hardship and inequality that persist in South Africa, 27 years after the end of apartheid. (Production: Siphiwe Sibeko, Lewis Macdonald) ( Original Title: Teenager killed by stray bullet in SAfrica looting, minister appeals for calm ) ( Caption: 3023WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_DEAD_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164784658

Teenager killed by stray bullet in SAfrica looting, minister appeals for calm

A 15-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet in a Johannesburg township on Wednesday (July 14) according to a Reuters photographer who saw the body and relatives grieving. More than 70 people have been killed in the unrest, the worst in South Africa for years, and hundreds of businesses wrecked. Food and fuel supplies are running short. A crowd gathered around the body of teenager Vusi Dlamini in Vosloorus to the south of Johannesburg. Among his relatives at the scene were his grandmother and his sister, according to the Reuters photographer. Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni appealed to South Africans for calm, asking them to resist the urge to stock up on supplies to avoid spreading COVID-19. Ntshavheni said government understood the concerns of those who had taken up arms to defend their property, but called on anyone acting as vigilantism to work with law enforcement and stick to the rule of law. Residents in some areas on Wednesday turned suspected looters into police, blocked entrances to malls and in some cases armed themselves as vigilantes to form road blocks or scare them away. Triggered by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week, after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry, protests have widened into looting and an outpouring of anger over the hardship and inequality that persist in South Africa, 27 years after the end of apartheid. (Production: Siphiwe Sibeko, Lewis Macdonald) ( Original Title: Teenager killed by stray bullet in SAfrica looting, minister appeals for calm ) ( Caption: 3023WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_DEAD_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164784637

Teenager killed by stray bullet in SAfrica looting, minister appeals for calm

A 15-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet in a Johannesburg township on Wednesday (July 14) according to a Reuters photographer who saw the body and relatives grieving. More than 70 people have been killed in the unrest, the worst in South Africa for years, and hundreds of businesses wrecked. Food and fuel supplies are running short. A crowd gathered around the body of teenager Vusi Dlamini in Vosloorus to the south of Johannesburg. Among his relatives at the scene were his grandmother and his sister, according to the Reuters photographer. Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni appealed to South Africans for calm, asking them to resist the urge to stock up on supplies to avoid spreading COVID-19. Ntshavheni said government understood the concerns of those who had taken up arms to defend their property, but called on anyone acting as vigilantism to work with law enforcement and stick to the rule of law. Residents in some areas on Wednesday turned suspected looters into police, blocked entrances to malls and in some cases armed themselves as vigilantes to form road blocks or scare them away. Triggered by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week, after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry, protests have widened into looting and an outpouring of anger over the hardship and inequality that persist in South Africa, 27 years after the end of apartheid. (Production: Siphiwe Sibeko, Lewis Macdonald) ( Original Title: Teenager killed by stray bullet in SAfrica looting, minister appeals for calm ) ( Caption: 3023WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_DEAD_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164779443

Long queues outside markets as police detains suspected looters

Scores of South Africans queued outside markets on Wednesday (July 14) as tensions continued to climb for another day, during a week that has seen widespread looting and wrecking of businesses. Police forces detained suspected looters in Durban city, confiscating goods from trucks. The crowds set ablaze and looted warehouses in cities across South Africa with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years. Protests that followed Zuma's arrest last week have widened into looting and an outpouring of general anger over the hardship and inequality that persist 27 years after the end of apartheid. Soldiers have been sent onto the streets to try to contain the unrest. (Production: Rogan Ward) ( Original Title: Long queues outside markets as police detains suspected looters ) ( Caption: 3177WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_QUEUE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164774681

Aerial footage shows fires at warehouses in South Africa's Durban

Footage shot from a helicopter showed fires at warehouses and people gathering outside truck depots in the north of South Africa's Durban on Wednesday (July 14) in ongoing unrest across the country. As fires raged at the buildings in Durban's Newlands East suburb, people could be seen climbing on trucks, walking among buildings and roads choked with debris and parked cars. More than 70 people have been killed in the unrest, the worst in South Africa for years, and hundreds of businesses wrecked. Food and fuel supplies are running short. Triggered by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry, it has widened into an orgy of looting and an outpouring of anger over the hardship and inequality that persist in South Africa 27 years after the end of apartheid. The violence erupted last week in KwaZulu-Natal province, where Durban is located, after the jailing Zuma but it has rapidly escalated in widespread looting and destruction in several other provinces. Some rich Durban residents chartered small planes and helicopters out of the city, a Reuters photographer reported. Others queued for food and fuel. Many roads out of the city were blocked either by people looting or vigilantes. (Production: Siyabonga Sishi, Paul Warren, Lewis Macdonald) ( Original Title: Aerial footage shows fires at warehouses in South Africa's Durban ) ( Caption: 3193WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_DURBAN_AERIALS_UPDATE_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164760303

Counting the costs: South African businesses feeling the pain of unrest

After loosing 53 cars during the 2019 Johannesburg xenophobic attacks, Okey Uchendu never thought that his business of 11 years - a second hand car dealership - would be burnt again in less than two years. On Sunday (July 11) he received a call at midnight that his store was engulfed in flames as looting and violence, the worst in South Africa for years, escalated, wrecking hundreds of businesses. "I feel like committing suicide because my livelihood has been taken away from me. I was sitting crying, helpless because I can't do anything," the 45-year old told Reuters standing next to his 58 burnt cars. Like many small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMME) businesses that were destroyed in the unrest, his dealership, which employed 16 people, is not insured, compounding any attempts of recovery. Already buckling under the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and high unemployment, SMMEs like Uchendu's are the hardest hit businesses that may not recover from the unrest, and risk adding to the already high unemployment rate. A survey done last year by the Small Business Institute (SBI), revealed that as many as 55,000 SMMEs may not make it through the pandemic. With the unrest, this number is expected to rise, SBI CEO John Dludlu told Reuters. "The one word that summarises the impact is: catastrophic," Dludlu added. The South African Property Owners Association said on Wednesday (July 14) more than 200 malls have been looted or destroyed and over 600 stores burnt or damaged thus far. (Production: Shafiek Tassiem, Paul Warren, Louisa Naks) ( Original Title: Counting the costs: South African businesses feeling the pain of unrest ) ( Caption: 3183BU-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_ECONOMY_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164757547

'How will I survive' - S.African looters return stolen goods after week of unrest

Community leaders and police retrieved stolen goods from looters on Wednesday (July 14) after a night of unrest in South Africa that saw shopping malls and buildings ransacked. South Africa's worst violence in years broke out after last week's arrest of the former president, Jacob Zuma, with soldiers deployed to stop crowds looting everything from washing machines to fridges and groceries. Community leaders and members of the military and police patrolled the streets in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, calling on looters to return goods they had stolen. Looters said they had been motivated by financial hardship. "When you see other people stealing at some point you realise that shops will close and you will be left with nothing. So you ask yourself, after all of this, how will I survive, with the way things are," one looter told Reuters. The unrest continued on Wednesday as the government called for an end to a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses. Zuma, 79, was sentenced last month for defying a court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level looting during his nine years in office until 2018. He also faces trial in a separate case on charges including corruption, fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. The former president pleaded not guilty in court in May. His foundation said on Tuesday (July 13) that violence would continue until his release. (Production: Shafiek Tassiem, Sisipho Skeyiya, Paul Warren, Louisa Naks) ( Original Title: 'How will I survive' - S.African looters return stolen goods after week of unrest ) ( Caption: 3028WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_REACTION_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164755698

Cuban expats in Argentina protest at embassy in solidarity

Protesters gathered outside the Cuban Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina to support the Cuban government on Wednesday (July 14). The police surrounded the building while the Argentinean protesters played music and held signs asking to end the U.S. embargo and in support of the revolution. ''To defend Cuba is to defend Latin America. To defend the revolution is to defend the ones who were with us throughout so many years and in the hardest of times" said the general secretary of the Autonomous Workers Central, Ricardo Peiro, during the protest. Cuba's president has blamed the country's unrest on the U.S., accusing it of "economic asphyxiation." (Production: Claudia Martini, Miguel Lo Bianco, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: Cuban expats in Argentina protest at embassy in solidarity ) ( Caption: 4110LA-CUBA-UNREST_ARGENTINA_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 164755697

Cuban expats in Argentina protest at embassy in solidarity

Protesters gathered outside the Cuban Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina to support the Cuban government on Wednesday (July 14). The police surrounded the building while the Argentinean protesters played music and held signs asking to end the U.S. embargo and in support of the revolution. ''To defend Cuba is to defend Latin America. To defend the revolution is to defend the ones who were with us throughout so many years and in the hardest of times" said the general secretary of the Autonomous Workers Central, Ricardo Peiro, during the protest. Cuba's president has blamed the country's unrest on the U.S., accusing it of "economic asphyxiation." (Production: Claudia Martini, Miguel Lo Bianco, Nina Lopez, Geraldine Downer) ( Original Title: Cuban expats in Argentina protest at embassy in solidarity ) ( Caption: 4110LA-CUBA-UNREST_ARGENTINA_O_ )

日付：2021年7月14日

RM 165222082

Colombian children learn to identify personal landmines buried during their country's long civil war

Children in rural Colombia are being taught by the non-profit organization Halo Trust how to identify anti-personnel mines near their communities. During the country's civil war, landmines where placed by armed groups throughout conflict zones. Since 2013, the Halo Trust Foundation has created programs to deactivate anti-personnel mines in the regions of Antioquia, Meta, Tolima, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo. They also teach children and their communities about the risks of these mines and what to do if they find one. "The youth do not know how to correctly identify explosive artefacts. This has always been and still is a concern", said community leader Juliana Arango. According to the Halo Trust Foundation, since 1990 around 12,000 people have been injured or died because of these undetonated explosives. (Production: Javier Andres Rojas, Camilo Cohecha, Santiago Mesa, Nina Lopez) ( Original Title: Colombian children learn to identify personal landmines buried during their country's long civil war ) ( Caption: 3066LA-COLOMBIA-LANDMINES__O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

RM 165222078

Colombian children learn to identify personal landmines buried during their country's long civil war

Children in rural Colombia are being taught by the non-profit organization Halo Trust how to identify anti-personnel mines near their communities. During the country's civil war, landmines where placed by armed groups throughout conflict zones. Since 2013, the Halo Trust Foundation has created programs to deactivate anti-personnel mines in the regions of Antioquia, Meta, Tolima, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo. They also teach children and their communities about the risks of these mines and what to do if they find one. "The youth do not know how to correctly identify explosive artefacts. This has always been and still is a concern", said community leader Juliana Arango. According to the Halo Trust Foundation, since 1990 around 12,000 people have been injured or died because of these undetonated explosives. (Production: Javier Andres Rojas, Camilo Cohecha, Santiago Mesa, Nina Lopez) ( Original Title: Colombian children learn to identify personal landmines buried during their country's long civil war ) ( Caption: 3066LA-COLOMBIA-LANDMINES__O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

RM 164917846

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui killed covering fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on Friday (July 16) while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan, an Afghan commander said. Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what they described as Taliban crossfire, the official told Reuters. Siddiqui had been embedded as a journalist since earlier this week with Afghan special forces based in the southern province of Kandahar and had been reporting on fighting between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters. "We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region," Reuters President Michael Friedenberg and Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni said in a statement. "Danish was an outstanding journalist, a devoted husband and father, and a much-loved colleague. Our thoughts are with his family at this terrible time." Siddiqui told Reuters he had been wounded in the arm by shrapnel earlier on Friday while reporting on the clash. He was treated and had been recovering when Taliban fighters retreated from the fighting in Spin Boldak. Siddiqui had been talking to shopkeepers when the Taliban attacked again, the Afghan commander said. Reuters was unable to independently verify the details of the renewed fighting described by the Afghan military official, who asked not to be identified before Afghanistan's Defence Ministry made a statement. Siddiqui was part of the Reuters photography team to win the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis. A Reuters photographer since 2010, Siddiqui's work spanned covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Rohingya refugees crisis, the Hong Kong protests and Nepal earthquakes. Taliban fighters had captured the border area on Wednesday (July 14), the second-largest crossing on the border with Pakistan and one of the most important objectives they have achieved during a rapid advance across the country as U.S. forces pull out. (Production: Marissa Davison, Avivit Delgoshen) ( Original Title: Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui killed covering fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban ) ( Caption: 5147WD-AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT_REUTERS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

RM 164855179

Injured during war, Syrians on wheelchairs set up basketball team in camps

On wheelchairs, 15 Syrians who were injured during the country's war and later internally displaced play basketball after forming the first team in al-Bab city in northern Syria. The players who say they once felt marginalised decided to form the team to break the isolation they felt and become more integrated in society. "We tried to establish something that will enable us to go out of the houses we stay in, to leave this atmosphere we are in," team member Mohamad al-Khatib said. Khatib and the rest of members established their team on January and have been training at al-Bab's sports city since then. They are supported by a Turkish NGO helping the injured in northern Syria. The team members, who currently compete in local competitions, say they face many challenges including lack of support and the use of wheelchairs not fit for basketball. Despite the challenges, they are working hard to improve their game, hoping to compete in international competitions in the future. (Production: Mahmoud Hassano, Firas Makdesi, Kinda Makieh) ( Original Title: Injured during war, Syrians on wheelchairs set up basketball team in camps ) ( Caption: 4142ME-SYRIA-SECURITY_BASKETBALL_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

RM 164851719

For one Lebanese taxi driver, life is as bitter as his Arabic coffee

Zakaria Ghalayeeni has driven a taxi around Beirut since he was 18-years-old and at 76 he is still driving to earn a meagre living through what he says are Lebanon's darkest times. "We do not deserve this humiliation at fuel stations," Ghalayeeni said as he joined a queue for gasoline that was likely to stretch for hours. Lebanon is in the throes of a financial crisis. Its currency has lost more than 90% of its value in almost two years and more than half of the population has been propelled into poverty. Shortages of basic supplies like fuel mean motorists queue for hours to get barely any petrol at the end of their long wait, something which makes Ghalayeeni's life a daily struggle. Ghalayeeni leaves his house at 7:30 a.m. and drives around most of the day. When he first started out as a teenager, a taxi ride was worth 1 pound. But even though a ride now is around 10,000 pounds, he only earns between 50,000 and 100,000 pounds a day. Before the crisis that translated into almost $70 but it is less than $5 at the current street rate. "The taxi does not give you any benefits, you can only secure food out of it and maintenance (for the car), not more than that, you can't save any money," he said. As he waits in Beirut's central Martyrs' Square for any client to call him, Ghalayeeni ponders the quiet in an area which was once buzzing with life. "It was very crowded, now there is no one, no taxis, no one, it is empty," he said. But regardless of the endless lines for gasoline and the shortage of customers, he carries on - he has no alternative income. His only companion as he waits is a picture of his late wife, who died five years ago, that he keeps on his dashboard. In keeping with an Arab custom observed at funerals and other testing times, he has stopped taking sugar in his daily coffee. "The coffee stays bitter, like this life, as much as you add sugar to it, it will stay bitter," he said. (Production: Issam Abdallah, Maha El Dahan) ( Original Title: For one Lebanese taxi driver, life is as bitter as his Arabic coffee ) ( Caption: 4140ME-LEBANON-CRISIS_TAXI_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

RM 164774678

People throw baby to safety to escape fire in Durban

EDITORS NOTE: SEE EDIT 3181 SAFRICA-ZUMA/BABY-MOMENT-UGC 2 FOR MOMENT WHEN BABY THROWN TO SAFETY FROM BURNING BUILDING IN SAFRICA People jumping out of a burning building in Durban on Tuesday (July 13) saved a young child by throwing her down from the upper floors to the ground level where she was caught by a group of men and women. Video obtained by Reuters showed the dramatic escape of people from Durban's City Life building which was on fire by an unknown cause. Men and woman used ladders and makeshift slides to slip down to the ground from gaps and partitions in the exterior walls of the building. During the escape, a baby, wearing a dress and a nappy, was thrown into the hands of people reaching for her from the street. Days of unrest in parts of South Africa have killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses. The violence erupted last week in KwaZulu-Natal province, where Durban is located, after the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma but it has rapidly escalated in widespread looting and destruction in several other provinces. (Production: George Sargent, Paul Warren, Avivit Delgoshen) ( Original Title: People throw baby to safety to escape fire in Durban ) ( Caption: 3182EZ-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTEST_BABY_UGC_3_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

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One man dies in anti-government protest in Cuba - state media

One man died and several citizens and security officials were injured during a protest in a Havana suburb on Monday and taken to hospital, state-run Cuban News Agency said on Tuesday (July 13). The news provided the first official confirmation of a death during unrest in Cuba that erupted on Sunday (July 11) with protests nationwide amid the Communist-run country's deep economic crisis and a surge in COVID-19 cases. The Cuban News Agency said "organised groups of antisocial and criminal elements" had tried to reach the suburb of La Guinera's police station, with the aim of attacking its officials and damaging the infrastructure. (Production: Nelson Gonzalez, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Paul Vieira, Polly Rider) ( Original Title: One man dies in anti-government protest in Cuba - state media ) ( Caption: 1218WD-CUBA-UNREST_DEATH_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

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Protesters rally for Cuba throughout Florida

Demonstrators waving Cuban flags and calling for change on the Communist-run island turned out in rallies throughout Florida on Tuesday (July 13) in support of the wave of demonstrations that rocked Cuba on Sunday. Protests were seen in Tampa, Hialeah Gardens and Orlando. The Miami area has long been home to the largest Cuban exile community and a focal point for anti-Castro sentiment. The South Florida demonstrators sought to replicate the protests by thousands of Cubans on Sunday who denounced a deep economic crisis, shortages of basic goods and power outages in the largest showing of unrest in decades. "If Cuba is in the street, Miami is too," many chanted. Other demonstrations popped up in places such as Tamiami Park in the Westchester neighborhood, where protesters called for "intervention" and shouted: "Patria y Vida," or "Homeland and Life," a slogan popularized by prominent Cuban recording artists. The phrase plays on the Cuban revolutionary slogan "Patria o Muerte," meaning "Homeland or Death," a rallying cry and call for sacrifice from Fidel Castro's 1959 leftist revolution. (Production: Octavio Jones) ( Original Title: Protesters rally for Cuba throughout Florida ) ( Caption: 3122LA-CUBA-UNREST_FLORIDA_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

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S.Africa's police fire rubber bullets at protesters amid violent riots

Police fired rubber bullets at looters on Tuesday (July 13) while more shops and buildings were ransacked with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years. Protests that followed Zuma's arrest last week have widened into looting and an outpouring of generalised anger over inequality that persists 27 years after the fall of apartheid. Poverty has been exacerbated by severe social and economic restrictions aimed at blocking the spread of COVID-19. Security officials and the police ministry said the government was working to halt the spread of the violence and looting, which has so far spread from Zuma's home in KwaZulu-Natal province to Gauteng province surrounding the country's biggest city Johannesburg. They deployed soldiers onto the streets to try to contain it, but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. Troops were moved into flashpoints on Tuesday as outnumbered police seemed helpless to stop the unrest. Columns of armoured personnel carriers rolled down major roads. On the streets, protesters hurled stones and police who responded with rubber bullets, Reuters witnesses said. Zuma, 79, was sentenced last month for defying a constitutional court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level corruption during his nine years in office until 2018. The legal proceedings have been seen as a test of post-apartheid South Africa's ability to enforce the rule of law. But any confrontation with soldiers risks fuelling charges by Zuma and his supporters that they are victims of a politically motivated crackdown by his successor Cyril Ramaphosa. The violence worsened as Zuma challenged his 15-month jail term in South Africa's top court on Monday (July 12). Judgement was reserved until an unspecified date. (Production: Shafiek Tassiem, Sisipho Skweyiya, Paul Warren) ( Original Title: S.Africa's police fire rubber bullets at protesters amid violent riots ) ( Caption: 2029WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_RUBBER_BULLETS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

RM 164686770

People queue for food as S.Africa's president warns of possible food shortage

Eyewitness video showed people queuing to buy food in Durban, South Africa on Tuesday (July 13), after President Cyril Ramaphosa said that days of protests, looting and riots in the country could lead to food and medicine shortages in the next few weeks. During a national address on Monday (July 12) night, Ramaphosa said the protests led to the cancellation of coronavirus vaccination efforts in some parts of the country and could lead to further disruption, just as the country picked up pace to inoculate its citizens. Security officials said the government was working to ensure the violence and looting did not spread further, but they stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. The violence was triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma as his supporters took to the streets last week, but the situation has evolved into an outpouring of anger over persistent poverty and inequality in South Africa 27 years after the end of apartheid. The economic impact of COVID-19 restrictions has exacerbated the problems. (Production: Mussab Al-Khairalla, Eleanor Whalley, Natasa Bansagi) ( Original Title: People queue for food as S.Africa's president warns of possible food shortage ) ( Caption: 2148EZ-SAFRICA-ZUMA_QUEUING_UGC_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日

RM 164687385

Hundreds in South Africa loot shops, warehouses during worst unrest in years

Looters ransacked shopping malls in South Africa on Tuesday (July 13) as frustrations over poverty and inequality boiled over into the country's worst unrest in years. Security officials said the government was working to ensure the violence and looting did not spread further, but they stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. The violence was triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma as his supporters took to the streets last week, but the situation has evolved into an outpouring of anger over persistent poverty and inequality in South Africa 27 years after the end of apartheid. Troops were moving in to flashpoints on Tuesday as outnumbered police seemed helpless to prevent attacks and looting. Up to 30 people have been killed during the unrest, four in Gauteng and 26 in KwaZulu-Natal, according to state and provincial authorities. (Production: Siyabonga Sishi) ( Original Title: Hundreds in South Africa loot shops, warehouses during worst unrest in years ) ( Caption: 2154WD-SAFRICA-ZUMA_PROTESTS_O_ )

日付：2021年7月13日