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Germany's Saarland State Premier Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is elected secretary general of the Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) at a congress in Berlin where the party voted to approve the coalition deal between the conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD). IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the final rally ahead of the September 26th elections for CDU candidate Armin Laschet. The election on Sunday will mark the end of Merkel's 16 years in power and the beginning of a rare period of unpredictability in Europe's top economy, with the race too close to call. IMAGES
EU lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to give conservative Maltese politician Roberta Metsola another term as speaker of the European Parliament. Metsola wins a massive majority with 562 votes as the 720-seat parliament met for its first session in Strasbourg, France, with new MEPs. Metsola, who belongs to the largest political group in the parliament, will be the parliament's president for the next two and a half years. IMAGES
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin promises that the "United States will not let Ukraine fail" at the opening of a meeting of Ukraine's international supporters in Germany, even as further aid remains stalled in Congress and Kyiv's forces face shortages of munitions. SOUNDBITE
Tensions in the Middle East and shipping disruptions in the Red Sea could push eurozone inflation higher again, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde warns at a press conference in Frankfurt. SOUNDBITE
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