FRANCE: Actor Alain Delon died today, his family said.
Tributes poured in from French politicians including far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who said “the legend has gone.” Mr Delon, who had to resign as president of the Miss France beauty contest for making racist, homophobic and sexist remarks, was a supporter of her fascist party and close friend of her anti-semitic father Jean-Marie.

YEMEN: Famine is looming in at least four districts of the country, international experts say.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification named areas held by the internationally recognised government, which has been fighting the Houthi movement since 2014. It said the situation in Houthi-held areas, which cover most of the country, was unknown due to lack of access.

BRAZIL: Social media platform X is removing all staff from the country and “suspending operations” there, following threats to arrest its officials over the dissemination of fake news.
The Elon Musk-owned company, formerly called Twitter, is involved in rows over its allowing the propagation of misinformation and hate speech in multiple countries, including Venezuela and Britain.

INDIA: Doctors held a 24-hour strike on Saturday in protest at the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata on August 9.
Rallies were held across India demanding justice and tougher laws to tackle epidemic levels of violence against women. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded the resignations of the health and home ministers of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress.