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At least 18 killed in gang-related police raid in Rio de Janeiro

Tactical teams from civil and military police raid a complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro to take down an alleged criminal organisation, but public defenders say there are signs of human rights violations carried out during the operation.

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Brazil: 18 people killed in police operation in Rio de Janeiro

According to the sources, 16 victims are suspected criminals, one more is a police officer and another one a local female resident. Full story on Dynamite News:

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At least 18 killed in latest deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro

At least 18 people died on Thursday during a major police raid in a dense warren of Rio de Janeiro slums, state military police said, in the latest bloody confrontation in Brazil's second-largest city.

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Rio de Janeiro police conduct deadly raid in Alemao favelas

Multiple deaths have been reported during a police raid on Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas, or low-income communities

The Independent UK

Man kidnapped and held for £30,000 ransom after hiring two sex workers while on holiday

Rio de Janeiro authorities are still searching for two further men linked to the kidnapping, including one individual who was spotted in the lobby of the holiday rental in Brazil

Daily Mirror

Commentary: Failing to act on climate change is robbing future generations of choices

Things could have been so different. In June 1992, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro created the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, launching the formal international mission to bring global warming emissions under control and reduce humanity’s negative impacts on our…

Chicago Tribune

Glasgow weather and heatwave update as city to get hotter than Rio de Janeiro

The sunnier weather in Scotland show no signs of slowing down. Temperatures in the coming days are set to exceed those in cities like in mainland Europe, South America and beyond.

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Photos: Kayla Harrison through the years

From winning Olympic gold to MMA, check out these photos highlighting Kaya Harrison's career through the years.

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Rio de Janeiro favela sets example by processing own waste

The low-income Enchanted Valley community just outside Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca Forest National Park has managed something no other favela has done: built its own biosystem to process its waste

The Independent UK

I was loveless before I ‘married’ a rag doll — and now we have a ‘baby’

Meirivone shared how she wanted to be a mother, and the newlywed couple spent their honeymoon in Rio De Janeiro, where she soon discovered that she was “pregnant” with Marcelo’s baby

Irish Mirror

Woman's face left unrecognisable after allergic reaction to seafood sparks A&E trip

Amanda Nicandio, 22, went viral on social media after she ate prawns at a bar on Copacabana Beach on a trip to Rio de Janeiro

Daily Mirror

Family, friends mourn British journalist killed in Brazil

Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest

The Independent UK

Family bids farewell to British journalist murdered in the Amazon

The family of Dom Phillips on Sunday bid farewell to the British journalist, who was killed earlier this month along with Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon.

Reuters

Sally Fitzgibbons ready to shine in Brazil

Australian Sally Fitzgibbons will be aiming to win her fourth Rio Pro when she competes at the WSL event in Rio de Janeiro.

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Moment groom charges through church and throws punch at priest who refused to marry him

The fiancé was seen storming down the aisle at the church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before taking a swing at the priest in front of horrified worshippers attending mass

Reuters

Belongings of missing British reporter and companion found in Amazon -police

Brazilian police said on Sunday search teams have discovered belongings of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira who went missing in the Amazon rainforest a week ago.

Daily Record

Pilot's chilling last words as plane crashed into sea killing all 228 passengers

Doomed Air France Flight 447 was travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris but plunged into the sea just four hours after take off.

Evening Standard

11 dead in Rio de Janeiro police raid shootout

A police raid in Rio de Janeiro left 11 people dead including an innocent woman hit by a stray bullet, authorities in the Brazilian city said.

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The Independent UK

Police raid in Rio de Janeiro favela kills at least 10

Police in Rio de Janeiro have raided the Vila Cruzeiro favela in an operation that prompted a fierce firefight

Reuters

Eleven dead in police raid on drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro

Eleven people were shot dead in a slum on the north side of Rio de Janeiro early on Tuesday during a police raid to capture heads of a drug-trafficking organization, police said.

The Independent UK

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo hit by cold wave

In Rio de Janeiro, bold swimmers have been discouraged from diving into the cold ocean

Daily Mirror

Firefighter 'shoots McDonald's employee in drive-through row over coupon'

Firefighter Sergeant Paulo Cesar de Souza Albuquerque is accused of shooting McDonald's employee Mateus Domingues Carvalho inside a fast-food restaurant in Rio de Janeiro

Daily Mirror

Dog who disappeared after being scared by fireworks found on remote island 3 miles away

Pet dog Mel managed to swim more than three miles away to the Ilhas Maricas (Maricas Islands) off the coast of Marica, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after being left terrified by fireworks

Reuters

Brazilian town builds Christ statue taller than Rio's

Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer has competition.

France 24

Rio's flamboyant Carnival parade returns after pandemic hiatus

Colorful floats and flamboyant dancers are delighting tens of thousands jammed into Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sambadrome, putting on a delayed Carnival celebration after the pandemic halted the dazzling displays.

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