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An Uzbek citizen who confessed to killing 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub in a New Year gun attack claimed by the Islamic State extremist group goes on trial in Istanbul. IMAGES
Aerial images show Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, where a 14-year-old gunman killed four people and injured nine others, and a stadium where students sought shelter during the shooting. IMAGES
A Russian training ship of the Baltic Fleet Smolniy arrives in Venezuela and is received with honors at the port of La Guaira, near the capital, as part of a working visit to the Caribbean nation amid a climate of tension after the last presidential election. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a "standing army" of police will combat far-right riots that have flared across England, calling for ramped up criminal justice to ensure arrested offenders feel "the full force of the law". Starmer was speaking after an emergency response meeting bringing together ministers and the police to discuss how to quell the violence that first broke out in Southport, northwest England, on July 29 over the murder of three children. SOUNDBITE
Images showing the building where the alleged shooter of Prime Minister Robert Fico lived in the Slovak town of Levice. Police charged the suspect, identified as 71-year-old writer Juraj Cintula in local media, with attempted murder Thursday. Cintula had been living in one of these flats for around forty years, according to a neighbour. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was able to speak but remained in serious condition on Thursday after being shot several times. IMAGES
Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul's Sarachane neighbourhood, with tens of thousands of officers deployed across the city to clamp down on similar gatherings. Istanbul's central Taksim Square was closed to rallies after 2013 demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, a move that was ruled a violation of rights by Turkey's top constitutional court in 2023. Protesters and a number of opposition politicians have called for the square to be reopened to labour rallies. IMAGES