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Added on the 08/01/2020 14:38:09 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, one of the most recognisable faces on UK television, arrives at court charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. Edwards resigned from the BBC in April on "medical advice", six months after he was initially arrested, and was charged on June 26. The offences, which are alleged to have taken place between December 2020 and April 2022, relate to images shared on a WhatsApp chat, police said in a statement. IMAGES
An associate of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted of drug trafficking in a New York court, has been captured after being requested for extradition by the United States. Mario Jose Calix, 42, alias "Cubeta", former deputy mayor of the northwestern municipality of Gracias was captured in the department of Olancho. IMAGES
India's financial capital Mumbai begins voting as six-week national elections resume, with much of the megacity's business and entertainment elite vocal in their support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. IMAGES
Controversial British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrive at a Bucharest court of appeals, after their arrest by Romanian police over UK sex offence charges. Romanian authorities said in a statement that they executed "two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory of the UK". IMAGES
A large crowd of Greek farmers demonstrate on Syntagma Square in central Athens to demand financial aid, escalating a four-week showdown with a government that says it has no more funds to help. Farmers began protesting last month, joining a wider movement that has seen roads blocked in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain, among other countries. IMAGES