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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the world is entering "an age of chaos," with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. "This is not the first time the Council has been divided -- but it is the worst. Today's dysfunction is deeper and more dangerous", says the UN chief, as he presents his 2024 priorities to the General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
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In Bamako, a voter heads to the polling station to have his say in the referendum on the governing junta's constitution. The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup. Some 8.4 million citizens are eligible to vote "yes" or "no" on the draft constitution in the first electoral test for leader Colonel Assimi Goita, 40, who has vowed to lead the country back to civilian rule in 2024 elections. IMAGES
President Joe Biden says he will veto any Republican legislation that threatens to sow "chaos" in the US economy. "I will not let it happen. Not on my watch. I will veto everything," he says in a speech at a Virginia pipe fitters union hall. SOUNDBITE
Michael Waltz, a Republican representative from Florida, says "authoritarian regimes all over the world" are using the Republicans' struggle to select a speaker for their majority in the US House of Representatives to blame "the messiness of democracy," during a press conference held at the US Congress, engulfed in crisis for a second day running. SOUNDBITE