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Following a major military operation launched at the end of January, the Senegalese army announces that it has taken over several bases from the armed rebellion in Casamance, including on the border with Guinea-Bissau, the operational centre of one of the factions of the MFDC, the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces. IMAGES
The first of nine Senegalese army veterans, aged 85 to 96 who fought for France, arrive in Dakar after the French state dropped a condition stipulating that they must live in France for half the year or lose their French army pension. Following the decision in January, the veterans can now return home for good and continue receiving their monthly allowance of 950 euros ($1,000). IMAGES
Clouds of smoke engulf fields in Puren in Chile's Araucania region, as deadly forest fires that have left at least 22 people dead continue to burn in the South American country amid a blistering heat wave. IMAGES
Separatist rebels from Senegal's southern Casamance region hand over seven recently captured Senegalese soldiers in The Gambia. The soldiers are taken across the border to an area near the Gambian village of Bajagar, where officials from the Gambian government and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS wait for them. IMAGES
US State Department spokesman Ned Price says the missiles fired by Yemen rebel at the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabiaas show a "troubling escalation" and calls for a ceasefire and to engage in a "inclusive UN-led peace process". SOUNDBITE
Nablus, Jul 2 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Atef Safadi) Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Eviatar packed their belongings to evict the area, next to the Palestinian village of Beita, near the city of Nablus in the West Bank.FOOTAGE OF THE ILLEGAL SETTLEMENT OF EVIATAR, NEAR NABLUS.