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EU spokesperson Eric Mamer seems to pour cold water over a potential Dutch opt-out of the bloc's asylum system, saying "you cannot opt out of EU legislation... We are working on the basis of existing treaties and existing legislation". Speaking to AFP earlier on Thursday, Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders vowed to enact the country's strictest asylum policy ever. SOUNDBITE
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the justice system has been "weaponized" against Donald Trump as he addresses reporters outside the New York court where the former US president is standing trial over hush money payments to an adult film actress. "The system is using all the tools at its disposal right now to punish one president and provide cover for another," Johnson says. SOUNDBITE
Images of tourists and inspectors near a ticket office as Venice launches a new scheme to charge day-trippers looking to enter the historic Italian city, a world first intended to ease the pressure of mass tourism. IMAGES
Togo lawmakers give their final approval to a constitutional reform switching to a parliamentary system that opposition parties say will allow President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his grip on power. IMAGES
Israel's Iron Dome system intercepts rockets as revellers ring in the new year on a street in Tel Aviv. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack will last for "many months". IMAGES