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NATO defence ministers meet to discuss military aid for Kyiv ahead of a summit of alliance leaders in Washington in July. IMAGES
Labour leader Keir Starmer launches his party's manifesto at an event in Manchester, calling it "a manifesto for wealth creation, a plan to change Britain". Early on in his speech a protester interrupts, saying the party was offering "the same old Tory policies". Starmer replies: "We gave up on being a party of protest five years ago. We want to be a party of power". SOUNDBITE
Activists unfurl a banner on Westminster Bridge that reads "Keir Starmer: Will Labour stop arming Israel?". Organised by pro-Palestinian volunteer organisation Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Houses of Parliament looms over the bridge on which the banner hangs, on the eve of the first TV debate ahead of the UK's July 4 election. IMAGES
Several hundred pharmacists demonstrate in Paris over drug shortages, low regulated prices, pharmacy closures and fears medications could be sold online. IMAGES
"Sweden is supporting Ukraine with its 16th aid package, its largest to date worth 13.3 billion kronor", i.e. 1.25 billion dollars, tells the Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch during a press conference focusing on military support of the Nordic country to Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Ground crew and members of the Royal Australian Air Force load packages of aid onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Port Moresby before heading to the site of a landslide at Mulitaka village in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. IMAGES