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Added on the 11/08/2021 03:01:20 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Canadian Ambassador to China Dominic Barton arrives outside the Dandong Detention Centre ahead of a verdict expected in the trial of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor who is detained on spying charges. IMAGES
The Canadian ambassador to China Dominic Barton hit out at the verdict of 11 years in the trial of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor over spying, and linked it to Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's ongoing hearings in Vancouver. IMAGES
A group of migrants protest as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrives in Ciudad Juarez on Mexico's border with the US, days after a fire at an immigration detention center in the city that left 39 migrants dead and 27 injured. IMAGES
NGO workers and migrants lay flowers for the at least 39 people who died at a Mexican immigration detention centre in Ciudad Juarez near the US border. Migrants are believed to have lit the fire as a demonstration because they feared they would be deported, according to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. IMAGES
"An ongoing surge in China is not anticipated to significantly impact the COVID-19 epidemiological situation in the WHO European Region" says the World Health Organization's European regional director, Hans Kluge. "The surge of two virus variants circulating in China are those that have already been seen in Europe and elsewhere," he adds. China is battling a wave of Covid cases since the government's decision to lift nearly three years of restrictions. SOUNDBITE