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Added on the 08/02/2023 12:01:07 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Afghan air force is struggling to find experienced pilots during a time when Taliban militants are gaining territory in the north and south of the country.
Tens of thousands of people are fleeing Aleppo as Syrian troops, backed by Russian air force, close in the city. Most of these refugees arrive to the Syrian-Turkish border where they live in tents awaiting to be admitted into Turkey.
People gather in Istanbul's Sarachane area after partial results show the main Turkish opposition party claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara. The country has been dominated for more than two decades by the AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
Images of police checkpoints in the Turkish capital after reports of a "terrorist attack" near Turkey's parliament in Ankara on Sunday, which left two police officers injured, according to the interior ministry. The ministry said two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) "in front of the entrance gate of the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry of the Interior, and carried out a bomb attack." IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lands at an air force base in southern Denmark, two days after Washington approved the transfer of US-made F-16 fighter jets by Denmark and the Netherlands to Kyiv. He is greeted by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Defence Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).