Road blocked during Indigenous strike over diesel subsidy cuts in Ecuador
Indigenous protesters block part of the Pan-American Highway during a nationwide strike to protest cuts to the diesel subsidy, which raised fuel prices by 56%. IMAGES
Black smoke billows from a chimney on the Vatican's Sistine Chapel for a second day as cardinals meeting in conclave once again failed to choose a new pope. IMAGES
Indigenous protesters block part of the Pan-American Highway during a nationwide strike to protest cuts to the diesel subsidy, which raised fuel prices by 56%. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump says the possibility of a fruitless meeting has led him to put plans for a summit with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on hold. "I don't want to have a wasted meeting," he tells reporters at the White House when asked why the encounter had been shelved. "I don't want to have a waste of time, so I'll see what happens." SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he welcomes the "new US initiative to bring peace to the Middle East" as he delivers his keynote address at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. SOUNDBITE
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