Brazil: 20 dead, including police, in major Rio drugs raid – Eighteen suspects and two police officers were killed in raids in Rio de Janeiro favelas targeting a crime syndicate. .
Pakistan: has expanded a notice to air missions (NOTAM), covering a larger part of its airspace, before an Indian tri services exercise is to commence on Rajasthan and Gujarat.
A man has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after helping a people-smuggling boss transport migrants to the UK.
As pressure mounts on the UK government over the asylum issue; Hundreds of asylum seekers to be housed in two military sites in Inverness and East Sussex as the government seeks to end the use of hotels.