- Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing protests against the country’s new president.
- The government said it closed the site, and the Inca trail hike leading up to it, to protect tourists and citizens.
- Hundreds of people who were stuck for hours at the foot of the 15th Century Inca citadel have now been rescued.
- The violent protests, which have seen dozens of people killed, began when Peru’s previous leader was ousted.