AUSTRALIA: Thousands of Australians took part in anti-immigration rallies across the country on Sunday.

The so-called “March for Australia” rallies, which took place in Sydney, Melbourne and other major cities, were met with large counter-demonstrations.

A number of opposition politicians joined the marches, including One Nation senator Pauline Hanson and federal MP Bob Katter.

The mobilisations were slammed by the federal government as having far-right links and accused of “spreading hate.”

EGYPT: A passenger train derailed Saturday in western Egypt, killing at least three people and injuring 94 others, authorities said.

The train derailed as it travelled to Cairo from the western Mediterranean province of Matrouh, on the country’s north coast, railway authorities said in a statement. Seven of its wagons went off the tracks, with two of them overturning.

The railway authorities’ statement said an investigation was opened to determine the cause of the derailment.

UKRAINE: Russia launched a large aerial attack on southern Ukraine, officials said on Saturday.

The attack struck a five-storey residential building, killing at least one civilian and wounding 28 people, including children, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fedorov reported.

Russia launched 537 strike drones and decoys, as well as 45 missiles, according to Ukraine’s air force. Ukrainian forces shot down or neutralised 510 drones and decoys and 38 missiles, it said.

NAMIBIA: A head-on collision in Namibia involving vehicles belonging to the country’s security services left 14 people dead, including two civilians, 11 members of the prison service and a police officer.

The accident occurred outside Mariental on Saturday, which is around 167 miles south of the capital, Windhoek.