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From AFP News Agency. The World Health Organization chief arrived on the Spanish island of Tenerife Saturday evening to help oversee the disembarkation of a hantavirus-hit cruise ship. "This disease is not COVID, and we have said it many times as WHO," he says during a news conference. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in…
From AFP News Agency. Around 24 people from the virus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship will be isolated in an accommodation block on the Arrowe Park hospital site, a hospital once used for Covid patients, according to NHS officials. The individuals will be hosted for around 72 hours, before public health specialists decide whether they can…
From AFP News Agency. Rescuers search for victims amid smouldering rubble after an Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh. Lebanese authorities reported eight people killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, with more raids targeting a highway south of Beirut outside Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds and far from the centre of ongoing fighting.…
From AFP News Agency. Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney vows to stand up to the hard-right, anti-immigration Reform UK party and its leader, Nigel Farage, after Reform made gains in local and regional elections across England, Scotland and Wales. "What is coming our way is the likelihood of Farage…
From AFP News Agency. Spain’s Guardia Civil and journalists gather at Tenerife port Granadilla de Abona, as the island prepares for the arrival of the hantavirus-struck cruise ship on May 10. Most of the nearly 150 people on board the cruise ship are due to be evacuated and repatriated after weeks at sea. Interested in…
From AFP News Agency. Smoke rises over southern Lebanese villages following Israeli strikes. Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon, particularly the south, since a truce came into force on April 17, with Hezbollah retaliating by launching attacks on Israeli troops. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are…
From AFP News Agency. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with senior Labour figures, former deputy party leader Harriet Harman and former prime minister Gordon Brown, at 10 Downing Street after his Labour party suffered a historic drubbing in local and regional elections. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s…
From AFP News Agency. Israeli strikes hit the southern Lebanese villages of Arnoun and Mayfadoun. Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon, particularly the south, since a truce came into force on April 17, with Hezbollah retaliating by launching attacks on Israeli troops. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and…
From AFP News Agency. Animated map showing the strategic oil hub, Kharg island, located some 30 km off Iran’s coast in the Gulf and processes 90% of the country’s crude exports. Satellite images appeared to show an oil slick spreading off the coast of Kharg. The Conflict and Environment Observatory, a non-governmental organization, said on…
From AFP News Agency. Police cordons and authorities block traffic with trucks near the Kremlin and Red Square hours before Russia’s annual Victory Day parade begins in Moscow. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to uphold a three-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump while Russia holds the parade on Saturday, though the event was…
From AFP News Agency. New President of Costa Rica, Laura Fernandez, swears in her new ministers, among them outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves, as he takes office as Minister of the Presidency and Finance. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are for professional use only
From AFP News Agency. Mexican Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch, also known as "Mexico’s Batman" is featured on blankets, towels, and pillows as his popularity continues to grow across the country. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are for professional use only
From AFP News Agency. The right-wing politician Laura Fernandez assumes the presidency of Costa Rica. At a mass event in the National Stadium in San Jose, the 39-year-old political scientist was sworn in for a four-year term after handily winning the February 1 elections, thanks to the popularity of her mentor, outgoing president Rodrigo Chaves.…
From AFP News Agency. The right-wing politician Laura Fernandez assumes the presidency of Costa Rica. At a mass event in the National Stadium in San Jose, the 39-year-old political scientist was sworn in for a four-year term after handily winning the February 1 elections, thanks to the popularity of her mentor, outgoing president Rodrigo Chaves.…
From AFP News Agency. Costa Rica’s President-elect Laura Fernandez arrives to the National Stadium on her inauguration day. Fernandez, 39, is the political heir of outgoing president Rodrigo Chaves, who survived two impeachment attempts by Congress over corruption allegations. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are…
From AFP News Agency. The leader of Wales’ nationalist party Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth says "a new dawn beckons" as he celebrates winning the most seats in the local elections. Plaid Cymru’s win comes as Britain’s Labour Party loses power in Wales for the first time since its devolved assembly was created in 1999.…
From AFP News Agency. US President Donald Trump delivers remarks from the White House Rose Garden. Stock markets diverged and oil prices rose Friday as fresh US-Iran clashes in the Strait of Hormuz jolted hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the crucial waterway. Interested in licensing this video ? Get…
From AFP News Agency. After disappearing for several months following maintenance work on the waterway, the Eisbach wave, a famous river surfing spot in Munich, is back in the Bavarian city. Just hours after local authorities decided to lift the ban on surfing at the urban hotspot, surf enthusiasts and tourists flock to the river…
From AFP News Agency. In a Houston football league of big men shedding pounds, the five-a-side teams have names like OB City FC, Big Bananas and Heavy Touch FC. Originating in the United Kingdom, "Man v Fat Soccer" is a tongue-in-cheek league now thriving in Houston as the city prepares to host several World Cup…
From AFP News Agency. Chessboxing is a fusion between two sports, both of which require careful thought, strategy and positioning from competitors. Each fight has 11 three-minute rounds alternating between chess and boxing. Interested in licensing this video? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD AFP’s services and content are for professional use only.
From AFP News Agency. Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, AFP Ukraine photographer Genya Savilov and AFP Ukraine video coordinator Maryke Vermaak visited the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident. In 1986, a reactor at Chernobyl exploded during a failed safety test, sending radioactive clouds across much of Europe and forcing…
From AFP News Agency. The grass pitch for the World Cup final is installed at a stadium near New York, a milestone as anticipation builds for the top football tournament. The final playing surface is the result of specialist research and was grown for months before being transported across the United States to meet the…
From AFP News Agency. More than half of Lebanon’s population depends on humanitarian aid, says EU crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a ceasefire in the two-month-long war with militant group Hezbollah. "At present, more than three million people, meaning more than half of the population here…
From AFP News Agency. Police inspect a bank in Sinzig, Germany, where a hostage situation ended after a special police unit freed two people unharmed but the suspects escaped and are on the loose, police said. Officers entered the bank branch in the town of Sinzig but did not find any of the suspects, police…
From AFP News Agency. Images show the hospital in Faro, Portugal where Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler is in an induced coma after an emergency surgery. The 74-year-old star was operated on earlier in the week at a hospital in Faro in southern Portugal. The singer "has been put into an induced coma by her doctors…
From AFP News Agency. Beachgoers sit on the sand near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre as smoke billows from Israeli strikes on nearby villages. Lebanon’s health ministry says an Israeli strike on Friday killed four people, including two women, in the town of Toura, as state media and AFP correspondents reported widespread Israeli strikes…
From AFP News Agency. Bears Nairi, Aram and their cub Lola were kept in captivity in Armenia’s capital Yerevan and left living in their own faeces as their owners neglected them. After being rescued last year, they are now thriving at a wildlife refuge in the Caucasus country’s highlands, but others have not been so…
From AFP News Agency. The war in the Middle East sparked by US and Israeli strikes on Iran has caused huge disruption to oil markets and sent prices soaring. With oil exports from the Middle East severely limited by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, could this be an opportunity for the world to…
From AFP News Agency. Jordan Bardella, leader of the National Rally party, attends a ceremony to mark the 81st anniversary of Victory Day. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are for professional use only
From AFP News Agency. French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by several political and military figures, lays a wreath at the foot of the statue of General de Gaulle in Paris, as part of the ceremonies marking the 81st anniversary of Victory Day on 8 May 1945. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉…
From AFP News Agency. French President Emmanuel Macron rekindles the flame of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe during the ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Victory Day on 8 May 1945, and salutes the flag-bearers. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are for…
From AFP News Agency. Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally, attends a ceremony to mark the 8 May Victory Day commemoration in Oignies, in northern Frabce. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are for professional use only
From AFP News Agency. Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo touches down in Costa Rica where he is greeted by first Vice President Mary Munive. Foreign leaders are arriving for the inauguration ceremony of incoming right-wing president Laura Fernandez to be held on May 8. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s…
From AFP News Agency. The hantavirus that has broken out on the cruise ship MV Hondius is much less transmissible than Covid, the head of the Dutch unit treating one of the patients tells AFP. "It’s nothing like Covid, no. It’s much harder to transmit," says Karin Ellen Veldkamp, head of infectious diseases at Leiden…
From AFP News Agency. Around 50,000 fans of K-pop superstars BTS gather outside Mexico’s National Palace to catch a glimpse of the group, who wave to the crowd from a balcony after meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum. "After so many years of watching them online, on my phone, seeing them here in your country, here…
From AFP News Agency. Turkish travel vlogger Ruhi Cenet has questioned why cruise-ship life carried on as usual aboard the MV Hondius, even when the captain announced the first passenger’s death after contracting hantavirus. Three of the ship’s passengers have now died, and the World Health Organization says three others have been evacuated. The ship…
From AFP News Agency. Spain’s King Felipe lands in San Jose, Costa Rica, for the inauguration of incoming right-wing president Laura Fernandez. Foreign dignitaries are arriving for the ceremonies to be held on May 8. Interested in licensing this video ? Get in touch 👉 http://u.afp.com/wvnD N.B.: AFP’s services and content are for professional use only
From AFP News Agency. Russia says it is "strange" that its ally Armenia hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a European summit earlier this week, cautioning the South Caucasus country against deeper European integration. Ties between the two former Soviet republics have sharply deteriorated in recent years after Armenia froze its membership in the Russian-led…
From AFP News Agency. Mounds of slimy carcasses pile up on a riverbank in Jakarta where authorities are fighting an uphill battle against a fast-breeding invasive fish flourishing in Java island’s heavily polluted waterways. The sapu-sapu, a sucking fish introduced from South America decades ago to keep Southeast Asian aquariums algae-free, has made a home…
From AFP News Agency. A small group of women and their children, all Australian citizens with ties to the Islamic State group, land in Melbourne, Australia, to a frenzy of media, police, and people escorting the group, after years spent in a Syrian detention camp where they languished since the demise of the jihadist group.…