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Protesters approach the Papua New Guinea parliament building amid a festering pay dispute involving security forces. Later, a crowd breaks a fence at the PM's office and torch a police car outside it. IMAGES
Several dozen demonstrators try to get on the stage where President Cyril Ramaphosa was to make his annual speech on the state of the country, they are intercepted by the security forces present there. Before that, the demonstrators disrupted the ceremony and asked for the resignation of the South African president, as well as the end of power cuts in the country. This comes amid an acute electricity crisis, which has left 60 million South Africans without electricity for hours a day. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the British Parliament in the latest demonstration in London calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. IMAGES
Belgian prosecutors have opened a probe into Russian "interference" in the European Parliament following allegations lawmakers were paid to spread Kremlin propaganda, Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo says. "Our judicial authorities have now confirmed this interference is subject to prosecution," De Croo said. "The cash payments did not take place in Belgium, but the interference does. As Belgium is the seat of the EU institutions, we have a responsibility to uphold every citizen's right to a free and safe vote." SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, leaves 10 Downing Street for parliament, where he will face weekly questions and attend Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt's presentation of the government's last budget before a general election. IMAGES