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US President Joe Biden accuses his predecessor Donald Trump of attempting to block the democratic transfer of power on January 6, 2021 after losing the presidential election. SOUNDBITE
The supporters of president Donald Trump who stormed the US Capitol had "clear plans to disrupt democracy", senior Democrat and hearing chairman Bennie Thompson says as he opens a congressional inquiry into the January 6 attack. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump says there will be a peaceful transfer of power after the US presidential vote. "Of course there'll be a peaceful transfer, and there was last time," Trump tells a news conference, despite a mob of his supporters storming Congress in 2021 after his loss. "I just hope we're going to have honest elections." SOUNDBITE
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia arrive at a square in Caracas cheered by crowds of supporters, the day after protests broke out in the capital contesting Nicolas Maduro's election win. Machado called for families to turn out for "popular assemblies" nationwide to show support for a peaceful transition of power. IMAGES
The verdict hearing for four of the defendants begins in the trial over one of West Africa's bloodiest jihadist attacks -- a 2016 machine-gun assault on the Ivorian beach resort of Grand-Bassam that killed 19. The verdict is expected on Thursday. IMAGES