In Peru, anti-government protesters blocked roads and stormed the international airport in the second city Arequipa .

The United Kingdom has been in the grip of a cold spell with temperatures plummeting around the country. 

In Bangladesh, a Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman on seven-day remand.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern apologised for calling a political rival an "arrogant prick" in parliament.

In Iran, two Baha’i women, Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi have been sentenced to a second 10-year imprisonment.

In Italy, three women, including a friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, were killed on Sunday.