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Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell tells reporters that officers made 47 arrests Saturday in a final push to dislodge hundreds of protesters who have blocked the center of the Canadian capital for weeks. He also describes the moment a protester ignited a flare, saying that "officers used a chemical irritant also known as pepper spray to disperse unlawful demonstrators who were resisting police orders." SOUNDBITE
Pictures of people working in shops and restaurants in Caracas as a widespread blackout hit Venezuela, including the capital Caracas, from dawn in what the authorities are blaming on "sabotage" and an attempted coup, a month after the disputed re-election of Nicolas Maduro. IMAGES
Images of people walking in the streets of Lyon, as France's temperatures are expected to reach their peak on Monday afternoon, with 40 departments placed on orange heatwave alert by the French weather agency Météo-France. IMAGES
People in The Hague try to stay cool as a heatwave hits the Netherlands. Temperatures between 32 and 35 degrees Celsius are expected in the country as other parts of Europe are also struggling with high temperatures. IMAGES
People gather in front of the Danish parliament in Copenhagen to call for the release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson. Watson founded Sea Shepherd and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) and is known for radical tactics, including confrontations with whaling ships at sea. He was arrested on July 21 on the basis of an Interpol "Red Notice" after Japan accused him of causing damage to one of its whaling ships in the Antarctic two years earlier and causing injury. IMAGES
The World Food Programme's (WFP) Assistant Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, speaking from Rome during a UN briefing says that "27 million people have been affected by the El Nino-induced drought" in South Africa adding that almost four million children are suffering from "acute malnutrition". SOUNDBITE
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