INDIA: Thousands of members of three youth and student bodies belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party marched toward the Indian High Commission in the country’s capital today to denounce attacks on a diplomatic mission and alleged desecration of Bangladeshi flags in India.

The protests came a day before India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, is due to visit Dhaka amid growing tension between the neighbours in recent months.

NETHERLANDS:  Emergency services searched for a second day today through the debris of an apartment block that was destroyed by an explosion and fire, killing at least five people, but with little hope of finding more survivors.