Tens of thousands of people have been taking part in the strike, called by the country's main unions over housing and the high cost of living.

Colom is the first black person from the southern state elected to the US Senate in over 140 years.

Talks in Abu Dhabi centred around Europe's security framework, with US envoys due to meet Putin and Zelensky on Thursday.

Rescuers are searching for people who may be trapped under the rubble of the three-story building in Brooklyn.

The news comes at a turbulent time for Prabowo, who faces a growing rift with his predecessor Joko Widodo.

Leonardo Bertulazzi, a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group the Red Brigades, was about to be extradited to his home country of Italy.