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Added on the 27/07/2020 06:19:07 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People can be seen through windows in the US consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, in southwestern Sichuan province. Some police are seen walking past and a cleaner emerges from the building, pushing a trolley with rubbish bags. US-China relations have deteriorated in a Cold War-style standoff as Beijing ordered the US consulate in Chengdu to shut in retaliation for the closure of its Houston mission -- accused of being a hub for espionage and intellectual property theft. IMAGES of US consulate in Chengdu
The surrounding area of the Israeli Consulate in Munich has been cordoned off as investigations continue after a gunman was shot dead by police. The gunman, an 18-year-old Austrian man, had opened fire with a vintage rifle near the institution in what authorities treated as a foiled attack on the diplomatic mission. IMAGES
Police guard the crime scene and forbid access to neighbouring streets on the morning after a knife attack at a festival that killed three people and wounded several others. IMAGES
Police guard the street where a 17-year-old youth arrested over a mass stabbing in the north of England is reported to have lived. The attack in Southport on Monday targeted a Taylor Swift themed dance and yoga class for children on their summer holiday from school. Three children were killed, with five children and two adults still in a critical condition. IMAGES
Canadian police and patrol cars guard the home of superstar rapper Drake, after a pre-dawn shooting injured a security guard at the singer's sprawling property in a tony Toronto neighborhood which remains cordoned off. IMAGES