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Added on the 03/02/2016 17:12:00 - Copyright : AFP EN
South African police clash with proesters demanding "no bail" for the accused in the disappearance of a six-year-old girl whose mother has been charged with trafficking and kidnapping in a case that has gripped the nation. They were prevented from entering the Vredenberg magistrates court due to space and safety concerns, with the clashes taking place shortly before the accused arrived. Joshlin Rachelin Smith went missing in Saldanha Bay, a fishing town 135 kilometres north of Cape Town in February, sparking a massive search operation. She remains missing. Four suspects have been charged. IMAGES
Supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gather outside a British High Court on the last day of two-day hearing for the Wikileaks founder's final appeal against extradition to the United States, many of them costumed in fancy dress. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over WikiLeaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
Kites flutter in the breeze in Israel's Tel Aviv as hundreds call for the release of children abducted by Hamas on October 7. The event is held annually where people fly kites to Gaza to symbolise the Israeli aspiration for peace. IMAGES
Chris Heaton-Harris, the UK's Northern Ireland minister, insists he is "under a legal duty to call an election within 12 weeks." The announcement comes as a deadline to resume devolved government at the Stormont assembly passed at midnight, after UK and regional lawmakers failed to resolve a standoff over post-Brexit trade rules. IMAGES
Scene outside the Royal London Hospital, where 12 year-old Archie Battersbee was due to have his life support at the Royal London Hospital ended at 11:00 am (1000 GMT) on Wednesday 3 August 2022. This was postponed after his parents sought a last-ditch ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to keep him alive. Media are gathered outside the hospital as Archie's family await a response from the court. IMAGES of the Royal London Hospital where Archie Battersbee is being treated
The parents and sister of Maëlys, an eight-year-old girl murdered in 2017, arrive at court in Grenoble, France for the final day in the trial of Nordahl Lelandais. Lelandais has already confessed to the killing and is scheduled to be sentenced later in the day. IMAGES