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Added on the 04/05/2023 21:04:34 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images showing Ede's city centre cordoned off and emergency services deployed following the hostage situation. Authorities evacuated the centre of the town, located in central Netherlands, early in the morning after several people were held at Cafe Petticoat. Three of the hostages being held in the cafe have been released, police said, but did not yet sound the all-clear. IMAGES
Several explosions sounded early Thursday morning in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv following an air alert prompted by missiles and drones launched by Russia. IMAGES
Around one thousand tractors are expected to block the city centre of Poznan in Poland in protest against EU measures to tackle climate change. Polish farmers are blocking roads and staging protests at border checkpoints with Ukraine, in a new wave of protests against farming imports from the neighbouring war-torn country. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke rise above Khan Yunis as an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle flies over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. In response to the deadliest attack in its history by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel launched a relentless offensive that has reduced vast swathes of Gaza to rubble and claimed over 22,300 lives, according to the Palestinian territory's health ministry. IMAGES
An Israeli drone flies over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. IMAGES