Brazil police clash with Rousseff supporters in Sao Paulo

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Clashes have also broken out in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo between security forces and protesters supporting suspended President Dilma Rousseff. The police fired tear gas to disperse the angry crowd who set trash bags on fire in Sao Paulo’s main avenue.
  
• Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims struggle with dire conditions in refugee camps in the Indian capital, New Delhi. Most of the refugees are still living in marshy lands deprived of basic services like water and electricity. India is home to thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Myanmar.
  
• The United States has signed a new military contract with India under which the 2 countries will allow the use of each other’s land, air and naval bases for repair and resupply. The move aims to counterbalance China’s rise as a maritime power, which could in turn draw reaction from Beijing.
  
• Libyan forces have taken control of more areas of the northern city of Sirte from Daesh terrorists. The forces managed to seize new areas after 2 days of intense fighting that left around 50 soldiers dead. There is no news on the number of terrorist casualties.
  
• British police have come under fire for defying calls to release details of an agreement on training Bahraini forces who are ruthlessly cracking down on dissent. Human rights campaigners say the UK’s College of Policing should come clean about its business with the Manama regime.
  
• Turkish-backed armed groups have pushed deeper into northern Syria seizing 10 more villages near the recently captured Syrian town of Jarablus. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says operations will continue until all threats, including from the Kurdish YPG forces, are removed.
  
• Damascus, in 2 separate messages to the UN, has denounced Turkey’s repetitive violations, aggression and massacres in Syria’s north. The Syrian Foreign Ministry accused Ankara of committing crimes against humanity. The Turkish military entered the Syrian territory on Wednesday under the pretext of fighting Daesh terrorists and Syrian Kurds.
  
• The Yemeni army has released footage purportedly showing the army and Ansarullah fighters firing artillery shells in the Saudi city of Jizan. The footage also shows the forces breaking into 2 strategic Saudi military bases in the cities of Najran and Assir.

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