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Image from the protests against Boluarte. Martin Mejia / AP 

Political situation in Peru  

Violence shakes Lima - resignation demands continue  

Large protests against Dina Boluarte, who just over a month ago became the new president of Peru, led to violence in the capital Lima on Thursday. This is reported by several media. 

According to Al Jazeera, the protesters were stopped from entering a number of important government buildings, including Congress. Sky News writes that protesters threw stones at police, who in turn responded with tear gas.  

According to police estimates, around 3,500 people took part in the protests on Thursday, while others say twice that number.  

The country has been rocked by violence since former president Pedro Castillo was ousted in December. Around 50 people have died and the protesters are demanding that Boluarte resign.

Dina Boluarte. Martin Mejia / AP  

Political situation in Peru  

The government's response: It's sabotage - not protests 

The Peruvian government headed by President Dina Boluarte condemns the violent protests that broke out in the capital Lima on Thursday. Boluarte continues to say that she does not intend to resign and accuses the protesters of not having an "agenda that the country needs".  

Even Prime Minister Alberto Otarola is strongly critical and believes that the demonstrators in the capital were not there just to protest.  

- This has been sabotage against the rule of law, he says according to Sky News.  

22 police officers and 16 civilians were injured during Thursday.  

Nikki Haley. Meg Kinnard/AP  

The 2024 US election  

Haley hints at possible candidacy in new interview 

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley sees herself as a leader who could lead the US in a "new direction". She says this in an interview with Fox News, without giving any definitive information about whether she herself will stand for the presidential election in 2024.  

Republican Haley says there are two things to consider if you want to run. It is partly about whether there is a need for new leadership, and partly about whether you are the right person for the position. 

- Yes, we need a new direction. And can I be that leader? Yes, I think I can be that leader. 

Danish flag. Janerik Henriksson/TT 

Case before the Supreme Court: Can the Danes fly the American flag?  

An unusual question of principle now reaches the Supreme Court in Denmark: Can you fly flags other than Danish and Nordic flags on your own flagpole? 

A family in Kolding used the American flag for a month in 2017. Annoyed neighbors called the police, who confiscated the flag.  

The family was acquitted in the district court, but was later convicted in the Court of Appeal.  

They referred to a royal resolution from 1883 and a ban from 1915. Then they wanted to protect Denmark's neutrality during the First World War. A minority in the appeals court questioned that argument, as Denmark is a NATO member and sees the US as its main ally.  

The accused Martin Hedegård speaks in Jydske Vestkysten about a "ridiculously small matter completely out of proportion". Senior prosecutor Johnnie Nymann Jensen admits in Jyllands-Posten that the issue is legally geeky, but fundamentally important.  

Now the Supreme Court has the last word. No timetable has been given.