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Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron visit the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Australia a day after the UK and Australia signed a new defence agreement. IMAGES
The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery carries out a 41-gun salute to mark the accession of King Charles III as Britain's monarch, on the first anniversary of the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. IMAGES
The United States hails the EU-British deal to regulate trade rules for Northern Ireland as a chance to "improve the prosperity" across the region, John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, tells reporters. The deal will "open up all kinds of avenues for trade that were somewhat at risk," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes Hissein Brahim Taha, head of the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Moscow. During Taha's three-day 'working visit', the pair will touch upon 'the escalating international situation' and its effects on developing countries, according to a preliminary statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry. IMAGES
Images from outside King's Cross station in London as British railway workers begin a strike over jobs and pay, billed as the biggest walkout in thirty years. Last-ditch talks to avert the strike broke down, meaning more than 50,000 members of rail union RMT will walk out for three days this week. IMAGES
Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard was "one of the most dreadful events in the 190 year history" of British police, as the police officer who murdered her was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in jail. Everard's disappearance sparked protests and calls for action against male violence. SOUNDBITE
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