Protests took place in major cities across the United States on Wednesday as thousands came out to express their anger at the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, victory in the presidential election. 

Mr Trump beat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton by 279 to 228 electoral college votes, despite Mrs Clinton reportedly winning the popular vote. 

One of the largest protests was by Trump Tower in New York, with demonstrators chanting, "Not our president!"

Mikel Irastorza, the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, has been arrested on Saturday in southwestern France according to latest reports.

The British government opened up a new office for the Department for International Trade (DIT) in Chennai today, as it looks to expand links across the region.

British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai, Bharat Joshi, opened the new centre and said that the UK's “ties with India have never been stronger”.

At least 30 civilians have been killed by an alleged NATO air strike in northern Afghanistan where heavy fighting with the Taliban has seen the death of two US soldiers.

The leaders of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP) and at least 10 other MPs have been arrested by Turkish authorities over charges linking them to “terrorist propaganda” on Friday.

Those arrested included HDP leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yüksekdag in early morning raids that also saw internet services cut off to the Kurdish southeast.

The Football Associations of England and Scotland have confirmed that they will defy the ban on players wearing poppies when the teams meet on Armistice Day.

The world football’s governing Body Fifa prohibits political, religious and commercial messages on shirts.

However, the chief executive of the English Football Association FA Martin Glenn told the BBC that the players from both sides would wear the poppy symbol, and were willing to accept any punishment.

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sacked the commander of the peacekeeping forces in South Sudan following a damning report that accused the UN forces of failing to protect civilians during outbreaks of violence in July.

The report of the UN special investigation found that a lack of leadership in the UN mission, culminated in a “chaotic and ineffective response” during the heavy fighting South Sudan that killed dozens of people this summer.

The Rwandan government this week named 22 French senior military officials accused of aiding in the planning and execution of genocide in 1994.

According to Rwanda’s National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide, the French officers were involved as both perpetrators and accomplices.

Acts said to be perpetrated in Rwanda included the establishment of tools for genocide, leading in acts of torture and concealing crimes committed by the Juvénal Habyarimana regime.

Turkey’s prime minister rejected criticism for the detention of senior journalists at an opposition newspaper, adding that he would not be brought to heel by international threats.

Speaking in parliament today about EU criticism Binali Yildirim said,

The United Kingdom was voted to on to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the term January 2017 to December 2019, on Monday.

The decision came following an eleven month campaign by the to secure another term as a voting member of the Human Rights Council.

Speaking in New York today, the British Human Rights Minister Baroness Anelay, said,

Northern Ireland could have a different relationship to the European Union’s single market compared to the rest of the United Kingdom following its exit from the EU, said the leader of the British province.

Northern Ireland’s First Minster Arlene Foster has repeatedly said she wants to avoid having a “hard border” with customs checks with the Republic of Ireland.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said she was “deeply concerned” over the spate of extrajudicial killings that have taken place in the Philippines since President Rodrigo Duterte came in to power earlier this year.

Fatou Bensouda said she was "deeply concerned about these alleged killings and the fact that public statements of high officials of the republic of the Philippines seem to condone such killings".

The cities of Fowler and Madera in California have recognised the 1984 killings of Sikhs in India as genocide, last week.

The total number of American cities that have labelled the killings as genocide now stands at eight.
Kerman City Council member Bill Nijjer posted on social media:

Gambia announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after accusing the tribunal of acting towards the “persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans”.

The announcement follows the withdrawal of South Africa and Burundi earlier this month.