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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco hold an event to announce her political affiliation with the Workers Party (PT) in the Lapa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces new humanitarian aid to migrants and refugees in the Americas, on a visit to Peru. Blinken is on a regional tour that has taken him to Colombia, Chile and now Lima, where he is attending the annual meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
The UK's outgoing Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and his wife, Carrie, are applauded by staff as they leave No 10 Downing Street, the day after Liz Truss was unveiled as the victor of the Conservative leadership contest. IMAGES
France's well-liked former justice minister Christiane Taubira officially launches her campaign for the presidential election, joining other leftist candidates to satisfy the requirements for a government "of a great democracy, free of monarchical fantasies". SOUNDBITE
Lima, Aug 17 (EFE).- Peru's President Pedro Castillo is facing his first government crisis with the resignation Tuesday of Foreign Minister Héctor Béjar after footage emerged in which he said terrorism in the country was started by the navy with support from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).After two days of intense criticism, Béjar submitted his "irrevocable resignation" after just 19 days in the post, forcing Castillo to change in his cabinet, already questioned by the opposition. (Camera: MIKHAIL HUACAN). SHOT LIST: PERUVIANS RALLY AGAINST PEDRO CASTILLO'S GOVERNMENT, IN LIMA, PERU.