The world at a glance

Avon, Ohio

Emirati’s arrest sparks warning: The United Arab Emirates has warned its citizens to avoid wearing their national dress – long white robes and a headscarf – when travelling abroad, following an incident in which an Emirati tourist was grappled to the ground at gunpoint by Ohio police officers on suspicion of being a terrorist. The police had been called by the sister of a hotel receptionist in the town of Avon, who told them that “a suspicious man with disposable phones – two of them – in a full headdress” was in the lobby. Ahmed al-menhali, who was in the area for medical treatment, fainted while being held, sustaining minor injuries. Avon’s mayor and police chief have apologised; the UAE called in a US diplomat to issue a formal complaint.

Washington DC

No charges for Hillary: The FBI has announced that it is not recommending that Hillary Clinton face criminal charges over her use of a private email account for government business while she was secretary of state. The Democrats’ presumptive nominee for US president was interviewed for three-and-a-half hours last Saturday by the FBI over the issue, which has dogged her campaign for the presidency. This week, FBI Director James B. Comey concluded that “no reasonable prosecutor” would pursue the case; however, he did say that Clinton and her team had been “extremely careless” with “very sensitive, highly classified information” – a comment seized upon by Republican Donald Trump. “FBI Director said Crooked Hillary compromised our national security. No charges. Wow! #Riggedsystem,” he tweeted.

Austin, Texas

Texodus? Secessionist groups in several American states have reported a surge of interest in the wake of last month’s Brexit vote. A spokesman for the Texas Nationalist Movement, which bills itself as the US’S largest independence movement, said the UK result had boosted recruitment, and that the state should “look to Brexit as an inspiration and an example that Texans can also take control”. Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836, and became the 28th state of the Union in 1845. A lift for pro-secessionist groups has also been reported in Vermont and New Hampshire; and in California, a similar burst of enthusiasm could be tracked under the hashtags #Calexit and #Caleavefornia.

Oaxaca, Mexico

Food airlift: Mexico’s air force flew more than 100 tonnes of grain to the southern state of Oaxaca last week, after roadblocks set up by teachers opposed to the government’s education reforms led to food shortages in remote regions. Eight people were killed last month in clashes between teachers and police in Oaxaca, and unrest has since spread across Mexico. The neighbouring state of Chiapas has been particularly badly affected, and there have also been protests in Guerrero, Michoacán, Nuevo León and Mexico City.

Williston, Florida

First fatality in “self-driving” car: A 40-year-old businessman and former US Navy Seal has become the first person to be killed in an accident involving a “self-driving” car. Joshua Brown’s Tesla Model S crashed into the back of a lorry while it was driving on autopilot on a public highway near Williston in Florida. The accident happened in May, but news of it only emerged last week. According to Tesla, the camera sensors on Brown’s car failed to distinguish the lorry’s white trailer from the bright sky, and as a result, its brakes were not activated. Drivers who use the autopilot function must first formally acknowledge that the software is still in beta testing, and are told to keep their hands on the wheel at all times, and remain alert. There have been unconfirmed reports that at the time of the crash, Brown was watching a Harry Potter film on a portable DVD player, in defiance of those instructions.

New York

Anti-semitism row: Donald Trump has been accused of anti-semitism for tweeting an image of Hillary Clinton superimposed on a pile of cash, and the words “most corrupt candidate ever” written in a six-pointed star. Clinton’s team described the image as “blatantly anti-semitic”, and warned that it formed part of a “pattern of behaviour”. They also pointed out that the image had earlier appeared on a neo-nazi website. Trump refused to say where he got it from, but insisted that it was a “sheriff’s star”, and not the Star of David. He did, however, later replace the star with a circle.

El Calafate, Argentina

Kirchner family’s homes raided: Police raided apartments and offices belonging to relatives of the former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last week, as part of an ongoing fraud probe. Ordered by an investigating judge, the raids took place in the towns of El Calafate, El Chaltén and Río Gallegos, in the province of Santa Cruz. Since Kirchner stepped down last year, her reputation has been tarnished by a string of high-profile corruption scandals. In May, the ex-president was indicted on charges relating to central bank irregularities in the futures market, and last month, her former public works secretary, José López, was arrested while allegedly trying to throw $9m in cash over the walls of a monastery outside Buenos Aires.