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All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, August 1: We look at reactions from the Senegalese press after deadly clashes between protesters and police. Also: World Youth Day kicks off in Lisbon and UNESCO recommends that Venice be put on its heritage danger list. Finally, a Chinese zoo denies that its star attraction, the black sun bear, is in fact a disguised human puppet!
The UN cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday that it had designated the historic centre of the Ukrainian city of Odesa, as a World Heritage in Danger site.
Four memorials, to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, are now part of UNESCO's World Heritage list. The sites at Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero commemorate the mass killings of a majority of Tutsis but also moderate Hutus, between April and July 1994. Meanwhile the Sudanese army chief Al-Burhan is attending the UN general assembly. Finally, Ghanean engineers use artificial intelligence to tackles pests and diseases, responsible for the destruction of 30% of food production.
UNESCO has added the Tunisian resort island of Djerba to its list of World Heritage Sites. Covering an area of 514 square kilometres, Djerba is the largest island off North Africa. It is most known for its religious diversity, boasting churches, synagogues and fortified mosques from the Ibadi school of Islam, some of which are underground. Djerba remains a top tourist destination in Tunisia.
A number of London police have stepped back from firearms duties after a fellow officer was charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man, a force spokesman said Sunday. Police in Britain are not routinely armed and the small proportion who are authorised to carry guns are highly trained.
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