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The European Central Bank (ECB) announces its first interest rate cut since 2019, reducing borrowing costs from record highs, but giving few clues about its next move while warning of continuing inflation pressures. "The governing council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points," says Christine Lagarde, ECB President. SOUNDBITE
Images outside Trump Tower in New York where the former US president is set to address reporters a day after he was found guilty on 34 counts in his hush money trial. IMAGES
South Africa's electoral commission chief Sy Mamabolo says it is "difficult to call" the election turnout until vote count is completed, adding that it will likely be "well beyond" the 66 percent of the 2019 vote. SOUNDBITE
Turnout in the South African general election is expected to exceed the previous poll in 2019 poll when 66 percent of registered voters took part, electoral commission chief Sy Mamabolo says. As he spoke in Midrand, thousands were still queueing outside polling stations after nightfall, just over an hour away from planned closure. SOUNDBITE
Images from outside a police station in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, after a man seized a weapon and shot and seriously wounded two officers, a source close to the case told AFP. IMAGES
Exterior of the hospital in Langkawi where Norway's King Harald, aged 87 and in poor health, is treated for an infection while on a holiday in Malaysia. The king will remain in hospital on the island of Langkawi and it is not yet known when he will return home, the Royal House of Norway said in a statement. IMAGES