Foreign News Roundup: Sudan Upheavals, attacks in Tokyo
Sudan: Three shot dead during nationwide protests against Sudan coup
Aljazeera reports that Anti-coup demonstrators have staged a ‘million-strong’ march against the military’s power grab.
Military forces shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, medics said, as tens of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup.
Sudan’s Central Doctors Committee said the three protesters were killed by troops in the capital Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman during the nationwide protests after a military coup.
But Sudanese police denied shooting the protesters, saying on state TV that one policeman sustained gunshot wounds.
COP26: Act now for our children, Queen urges climate summit
BBC’s says the Queen has urged world leaders at the COP26 climate summit to “achieve true statesmanship” and create a “safer, stabler future” for the planet.
In a video message, she said many people hoped the “time for words has now moved to the time for action”.
She urged them to act “for our children and our children’s children” and “rise above the politics of the moment”.
The article by Alex Kleiderman also says the Queen added she took “great pride” in how her “dear late husband” Prince Philip promoted environmental issues.
Japan: Arrest after man dressed as Joker injures 17 in Tokyo train attack
Japanese media report man in Batman villain costume stabbed people and started a fire.
A suspect has been arrested for attempted murder after 17 people were injured in a knife and fire attack on a train in Tokyo that was carried out by a man wearing a Joker costume.
Witnesses told public broadcaster NHK how petrified passengers had fled to adjoining carriages and jumped out of windows during the attack, which occurred on Sunday, when the Japanese capital was full of Halloween revellers, many in costume.
The suspect, who has been named as 24-year-old Kyota Hattori, told police he “adores” the Joker character from the Batman films, according to the Kyodo news agency.
He was quoted by police as saying he had wanted to kill multiple people and receive the death penalty, it added.
Compiled by Bruno Ndonwie Funwie