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In tonight's edition,ย Ethiopia's army says it's seized a key city in the northern region of Tigray amidst escalating conflict with local rebels. Also, two mass shootings in South Africa leave at least 28 dead. Andย Ugandan activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje is facing court after she turned up following days of uncertainty about her whereabouts.ย
The latest outbreak of fighting in the South West State city stranded civilians unable to flee or reach hospitals.
Uma operaรงรฃo da Polรญcia Militar nas comunidades do Timbau e Baixa do Sapateiro, no Conjunto de Favelas da Marรฉ, na zona norte do Rio de Janeiro, deixouย 10 homens feridos, entre eles um PM, e um morto. Todos foram levados para o Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso. Conforme o hospital, uma vรญtimaย tem estado grave. Durante a aรงรฃo, dois รดnibus com alunos da Escola Eleva que iam para uma excursรฃo escolar foram sequestrados por criminosos e usados como barricada para atrapalhar a atuaรงรฃo dos policiais no local. Depois da atuaรงรฃo de policiais militares, os alunos foram transferidos para outros รดnibus e seguiram viagem. Notรญcias relacionadas:Quilombo urbano na zona sul do Rio guarda liรงรตes de resistรชncia.Geledรฉs lanรงa guia para acesso ร s polรญticas de cuidados.ONU lanรงa propostas para proteรงรฃo das mulheres.Na aรงรฃo, dois adolescentes, um de 12 anos e outro de 15 anos, foram atingidos pelos tiros.ย De acordo com a ONG Redes da Marรฉ, a crianรงa de 12 anos foi atendida e liberada. O jovem de 15 anos permanece em atendimento. A equipe da ONG apurou tambรฉm que trรชs pessoas foram mortas no confronto e que ainda hรก possibilidade de mais mortes. Essa informaรงรฃo nรฃo foi confirmada pela PM. Segundo a Secretaria de Estado da Polรญcia Militar, a aรงรฃo, que comeรงou nas primeiras horas da manhรฃ desta segunda-feira (28) e ainda nรฃo foi encerrada, tem o objetivoย deย โcombater a atuaรงรฃo de criminosos e reprimir atividades relacionadas ao trรกfico de drogas e ร circulaรงรฃo de armas na regiรฃoโ. Participam da operaรงรฃo cerca de 200 policiais militares de unidades especializadas, entre elas o Batalhรฃo de Operaรงรตes Policiais Especiais (BOPE), o Batalhรฃo Tรกtico de Motociclistas (BTM), o Batalhรฃo de Polรญcia de Choque (BPChq) e o Batalhรฃo de Aรงรตes com Cรฃes (BAC). โA operaรงรฃo tambรฉm conta com o emprego de equipamento aeromรณvel da Polรญcia Militar e sete veรญculos blindadosโ, completou a secretaria Os policiais apreenderam 12 fuzis e cinco pistolas, alรฉm de granadas, drogas e muniรงรตes.ย Tambรฉm foi recuperado um veรญculo. Saรบde A Secretaria Estadual de Saรบde informou que as unidades da rede estadual estรฃo funcionando normalmente. Jรก na rede municipal, quatro unidades de Atenรงรฃo Primรกria da regiรฃo suspenderam o funcionamento para a seguranรงa de profissionais e usuรกrios. Escolas Na rede estadual de ensino, duas escolas precisaram ser fechadas na regiรฃo, segundo a Secretaria de Estado de Educaรงรฃo. Na rede municipal, conforme a Secretaria de Educaรงรฃo da capital, 41 unidades escolares foram impactadas pelas operaรงรตes policiais. Em nota, a ONG Redes da Marรฉ informou que acompanha a aรงรฃo policial na regiรฃo e atende aos moradores que tiveram direitos violados em um plantรฃo de acolhimento presencial e via WhatsApp. As informaรงรตes coletadas com moradores โsรฃo reunidas e encaminhadas ao monitoramento do Grupo de Trabalho da Arguiรงรฃo de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental 635, conhecida como ADPF das Favelas, que tem o objetivo de combater a letalidade policial em operaรงรตes no Rio de Janeiro. Jacarepaguรก A manhรฃ desta segunda-feira tambรฉmย foi movimentada ย na Cidade de Deus, na zona sudoeste do Rio, onde policiais do 18ยบ BPM (Jacarepaguรก) fizeram operaรงรฃo para โreforรงar o policiamento na regiรฃo, coibir roubos de veรญculos e localizar automรณveis roubados para prรกtica deย crimes. Os policiais fizeramย ainda buscas por materiais ilรญcitos. Tambรฉm na Cidade de Deus, criminosos usaram รดnibus como barricadas. O trรขnsito nas vias da comunidade ficou prejudicado. A Secretaria de Estado da Polรญcia Militar informa que nรฃo foram registradas apreensรตes.
Authorities in Ethiopia are accusing outside forces of backing armed groups fighting the country's troops in the north. Since last week, heavy clashes have been reported between government forces and the Tigray people's liberation front.It's raised fears of a wider regional conflict erupting. Delano D'Souza explains
Five suspects arrested by British police on suspicion of terrorism and explosives โoffenses after white vans drove towards an airbase used by US forces were all British nationals from London in their early 20s, police said on Monday. France 24 Benedicte Paviot has more.
The CIA has reportedlyย warned several countries that Russia is preparing to launch hybrid operations across the Mediterranean Sea. But is the risk real, orย is it a form of cyber warfare?
South Africa ยท Society Latest โ September 28, 2026 โ Two mass shootings hours apart killed 27 people on Saturday night and early Sunday: 17 at a bar in Wedela township, southwest of Johannesburg, and 10 at a venue in Lwandle, near Cape Town. At least 26 more were wounded. โ The attacks follow a […] The post South Africa Mass Shootings Kill 27 in One Night; Week Toll Reaches 38 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Ethiopiaโs army chief accused Eritrea and Sudan on Sunday of backing armed groups fighting federal troops, as clashes with Tigrayan rebels intensified. The Tigray Peopleโs Liberation Front said it was waging a โdefensive warโ and seized airports. A humanitarian source said rebels captured the Afar town of Erebti on Sunday.
Russian strikes killed eight people across Ukraine on Sunday, authorities said, a day after Moscow vowed to continue the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched about 3,900 drones, aerial bombs and missiles over the past week. Ukraine accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians as winter approaches.
As war and sexual violence rage in eastern DRC, women are joining pro-government Wazalendo fighters to defend themselves
New strikes come after the US proposes a fresh round of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks in the UAE.
Fighting between Houthi and government-aligned forces forces families out of their homes in Yemen.
It is for the United States to choose whether to end its war inย Iranย as Tehran does not wish to continue fighting, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News in an interview aired Thursday. Pezeshkian took a defiant stand at the UN Wednesday, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world thatย Iranย would not "bend at the knee" to Washingtonย Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.ย ย
Ethiopiaโs army says its forces have killed 272 Tigrayan fighters and wounded 260 during a counter-offensive in Amhara. The press says the figures could not be independently verified.
Oil gained on renewed tensions between the US and Iran, with a defiant message from President Masoud Pezeshkian highlighting the still-wide gap between the two sides after months of war.
World leaders are heading to New York for the world's biggest diplomatic gathering: the UN General Assembly. Throughout the week, attention will turn to the war in Iran, climate change and the race to rein in AI. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis and Theresa Squatrito from the London School of Economics discuss what to expect.
Ukrainian authorities say Russia attacked at least four regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing at least five people. Ukrainian forces meanwhile damaged another Russian oil refinery in a long-range strike. The attacks came as President Volodymyr Zelensky met US President Donald Trump in New York for talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Camille Knight reports.
The day began with Donald Trump threatening to annihilate Iran but ended with a three-hour meeting between US and Iranian mediators, which Trump described as โvery good.โ Trump also held a high-level meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with both sides saying they wanted the war in Ukraine to end before winter. Today, as the UN General Assembly continues, Zelensky and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among those expected to address the assembly, as world leaders seek ways to end the two conflicts dominating international politics. France 24 International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani shares further insights.
President Trump says US officials held a 'very good' meeting on Tuesday with the Iranian delegation at UN.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he and US President Donald Trump had discussed efforts to end the four-year-old war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets. Speaking to the media after a 40-minute meeting with Trump at UN headquarters in New York, Zelensky said Kyiv was ready for any โformat of an energy ceasefire with Moscow but there had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on Russian oil...
Speaking at the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump claimed he helped end the war in Gaza.
Ceuta is on alert. Spanish forces are patrolling the border after fresh calls on social media for migrants to cross from Morocco. The warnings follow a dramatic crisis on July 30 and 31, when more than 70,000 people entered the Spanish territory by swimming around the border fence.
US President Donald Trump addressed the global community on Tuesday morning with a speech before the UN General Assembly that sought to justify his war with Iran, touted how he has โmade peaceโ and argued that his โmake America great againโ policies benefited the world. His speech came as the world grapples with years of conflict in Ukraine, Iran, Gaza, Sudan, Yemen and Lebanon, with no relief in sight. โI can report to you with pride that America is back, and our country is stronger today than...