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A second US aircraft carrier will be available "if needed" to show support for Israel, the White House says, after a first vessel took up position in the region following the Hamas attacks. SOUNDBITE
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Hiroshima to host leaders from six other wealthy democracies in his hometown -- a city synonymous with nuclear destruction now peppered with peace monuments. IMAGES
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in South Korea to participate in the two country's first bilateral visit in over a decade. Seoul and Tokyo seek to mend ties in the face of growing threats from North Korea. IMAGES
The van transporting Chilean Nicolas Zepeda, on trial for the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki in 2016 in France, arrives at the court in Besançon. IMAGES
A prison van carrying Chilean Nicolas Zepeda, accused of murdering his Japanese ex-girlfriend, Narumi Kurosaki, who disappeared without a trace in December 2016, arrives at the Besançon judicial court, shortly before the opening of his trial before the Doubs assize court. The mother and sister of the victim and the parents of the accused also arrive for the trial. IMAGES
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, and his assistant Yozo Hirano arrive at the International Space Station, marking Russia's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from the United States. A NASA livefeed shows the hatch of the Soyuz MS-20 capsule open at 1611 GMT, showing Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin entering the ISS, followed by Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano. IMAGES