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The Greek Prime Minister quits after seven months in office, paving the way for a snap election that he hopes will strengthen his hold on power. Yiming Woo reports.
The Greek Prime Minister quits after seven months in office, paving the way for a snap election that he hopes will strengthen his hold on power. Yiming Woo reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for elections in Senegal as soon as possible as he voices alarm on a vote delay in a call to President Macky Sall. Blinken "spoke to the president of Senegal this morning to reiterate our concern about the situation there and to make quite clear that we want to see elections continue as they were scheduled -- we want see them take place as soon as possible," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
French president Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrive for their bilateral meeting, on the second day of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. IMAGES
Greece's Prime Minister and President of the New Democracy Party Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives at the Presidential Palace, where he will be welcomed by Greece's President Katerina Sakallaropoulou who has handed him the mandate to form a government. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said he was seeking a new vote as soon as June 25 in order to obtain a ruling majority, a day after his party won national elections that failed to produce a single-party government. IMAGES
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