Bolivian interior ministry says Sebastián Marset is being extradited to US, where he’s wanted for money laundering

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Sebastián Marset, an alleged Uruguayan drug trafficker and one of South America’s most wanted criminals, has been arrested in Bolivia.

Marset, 34, is accused of trafficking tonnes of cocaine from South America to Europe, and also of having ordered the murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor who was shot dead as he honeymooned on a Colombian beach in 2022.

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© Photograph: Luis Gandarillas/EPA

© Photograph: Luis Gandarillas/EPA

© Photograph: Luis Gandarillas/EPA

The Afro-Uruguayan rhythms, born among enslaved Africans and once banned, now draws thousands to public squares and carnival parades

Like the blues in the US, samba in Brazil, rumba in Cuba and plena in Puerto Rico, candombe, Uruguay’s Afro-descendent music, was once reviled, marginalised and even banned – but managed to endure.

But while other such genres have for decades formed part of the cultural mainstream across the Americas, only now is candombe experiencing its peak.

A drone view of the Rueda de Candombe gathering in the streets of Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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© Photograph: Mariana Greif/The Guardian

© Photograph: Mariana Greif/The Guardian

The move by the European Parliament delays a push by the bloc to find new trading partners, as President Trump has threatened escalating U.S. tariffs.

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Agreement after 25 years of negotiations prompts farmers to block roads in Paris, Brussels and Warsaw

European Union member states have backed the biggest ever free trade agreement with a group of Latin American countries, ending 25 years of negotiations but stoking further tensions with farmers and environmentalists around the bloc.

The contentious Mercosur deal with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay prompted immediate protests in Poland, France, Greece and Belgium, with farmers blocking key roads in Paris, Brussels and Warsaw.

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© Photograph: Wojciech Olkuśnik/East News/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Wojciech Olkuśnik/East News/Shutterstock

Deutschlands Handballerinnen kommen bei der Heim-WM immer besser in Schwung. Mit einem überzeugenden Kantersieg gegen Uruguay lösen die DHB-Frauen vorzeitig das Hauptrundenticket.

Nach ihrem starken ersten WM-Auftritt bleibt Nieke Kühne kaum Zeit zum Feiern. Gegen die Unbekannte Uruguay wollen sich Deutschlands Handballerinnen steigern.