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Prisoners belonging to the Comando Classe A gang set fire to a cell containing inmates from the rival Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, gang, Para's state government said in a statement.

Monday's attack is the latest violence to rock the country's overpopulated and deadly prison system.

The shooting occurred during the annual garlic festival, a three-day celebration featuring food, cooking competitions and music that attracts more than 100,000 people.

Apart from Benin and The Gambia, Kovind will also visit Guinea, the first visit by an Indian head of state to the three West African countries, the MEA had said in New Delhi on Thursday.

The two attacks come days US President Donald Trump and Pakistani PM Imran Khan met for talks which focused on Pakistan's role in helping to broker a political settlement to end the 18-year-old US war in Afghanistan.

The triathlete who was struck unconscious and kidnapped said she woke up naked and tied to an armchair, but escaped her captor by bringing out his love for gardening as he opened up about his troubled childhood.

Hossain was planning to travel to Pakistan and then cross the border into Afghanistan to join the Taliban. He was charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support for acts of terrorism,

Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa AG also suspended flights to Cairo on Saturday but resumed them a day later.

Brexiteer Rishi Sunak's appointment comes after Priti Patel was made Home Secretary, and junior minister Alok Sharma was promoted to the rank of international development minister.

The President, Donald Trump defended his remarks against Democratic lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Tlaib, accusing them of hating the country.

A record number of ethnic minority politicians, including Priti Patel and Alok Sharma, are expected to serve as ministers in the new Boris Johnson cabinet.

The letters are being written as high-level talks are underway to find a political settlement to end a war that has raged on for 18 years.

The frontrunner throughout the contest has been former foreign secretary Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party's over 160,000 members up and down the UK filed in their postal votes to decide between him and Jeremy Hunt.

The officials said the measure was required to ensure region's security.

The demolitions capped a years-long legal battle over the buildings, built along the invisible line straddling the city and the occupied West Bank.

Trump, who says he opposes abortions in most cases, has joined many of his fellow Republicans in seeking to curtail access to legal abortions.