MYANMAR: The air force bombed a trading junction — a road junction where locals and lorry drivers gather in an impromptu marketplace — this morning, killing at least 25 people.

The strikes hit Pyaung village near Mindon township in Magway, at a point where locals trade goods with the neighbouring Rakhine region. The areas are controlled by different rebel armies.

GREECE: Huge rallies took place in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities on Saturday, the third anniversary of the Tempi train crash that killed 57 people, demanding rail renationalisation, investment in track maintenance and punishment of the guilty.

Four thousand police were deployed to control the crowds in Athens’s Syntagma Square alone. 

The Communist Party of Greece condemned police for conducting intrusive body and bag searches for no reason.

COLOMBIA: Insurgent group the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced today it would observe a unilateral ceasefire from March 7-10, to allow people to vote in the general election on March 8.

President Gustavo Petro has expressed concerns about the security of the looming election, saying the software being used has not been independently audited and was developed by a company with links to previous electoral frauds.

GERMANY: Buses and trams rolled to a halt across most of the country for 48 hours on Friday and Saturday, in a strike called by the Ver.di union.

The warning strike was to put pressure on negotiations over collective wages agreements that affect employees of about 150 different state and regional transport operators.