STATE OF EMERGENCY: Trinidad and Tobago declared a new state of emergency on Tuesday as authorities in the Caribbean nation continue to grapple with high levels of violent crime.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar cited credible reports of attacks planned against law enforcement officers in reimposing the emergency, which grants the government additional powers, including to make arrests and conduct searches without warrants.

STANDING FIRM: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez again slammed the United States and Israel’s military actions in Iran, standing firm today against trade threats from Washington and warning that the war in the Middle East risked “playing Russian roulette” with millions of lives.

“We are not going to be complicit in something that is bad for the world and is also contrary to our values and interests, just out of fear of reprisals from someone,” Mr Sanchez said in a televised address.

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines revealed on Tuesday that his government did not give the United States authorisation for a recent strike on an alleged drug boat in local waters that killed three people.

Godwin Friday said his administration found out about the deadly February 13 strike through social media and online reports.

GREECE: An appeals court in Greece upheld today the convictions of the leadership and senior members of the extreme-right Golden Dawn and the party’s designation as a criminal organisation.

A panel of five judges at the Criminal Appeal Court in Athens confirmed the 2020 convictions of 42 Golden Dawn members including party leader Nikos Michaloliakos.