#diplomatic-crisis

#diplomatic-crisis

Protests blocking roads across Bolivia and turning the centre of the capital, La Paz, into a battleground between demonstrators and police have entered a second week. It is the most turbulent moment of the centre-right president Rodrigo Paz Pereira's mere six months in office since he ended nearly two decades of rule by the leftwing Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas). One of the former senator's first moves was to restore relations with the United States, which now describes the uprisings as an ongoing coup d'etat against Paz Pereira.

The Iranian women's soccer team is set to leave Malaysia on Monday night, ending days of uncertainty after most of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomatic furor by seeking asylum in Australia reversed their decisions and rejoined the team in Kuala Lumpur.

I personally apologise to neighbouring countries that were affected by Iran's actions. Its temporary leadership council agreed to suspend attacks on nearby states unless strikes on Iran originated from their territory. Trump dismissed this as surrender while saying Iran would be hit very hard on Saturday and warned the U.S. could widen attacks to areas and groups not previously designated targets.

Travel to Israel and East Jerusalem is urgently discouraged. The advice had previously applied only to certain parts of Israel but now takes in the whole country, a ministry source confirmed.

There would be no victory for anybody it would be a devastating war. Since the Americans' bases are scattered through different places in the region, then unfortunately perhaps the whole region would be engaged and be involved, so it is a very terrible scenario.

"This is why it is such a serious situation. This is also why our allies and partners come out publicly against it and sound the alarm."

Algeria's parliament unanimously approved on Wednesday a law declaring France's colonisation of the country a crime, demanding an apology and reparations in a move Paris condemned as "hostile". Standing in the chamber, lawmakers wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag chanted "long live Algeria" as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds "legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused".

Algeria's parliament has unanimously approved a law declaring France's colonisation of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations. Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag, chanted long live Algeria on Wednesday as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused.