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"It is up to China to decide who their foreign minister is," US Department of State deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel tells reporters after China's Forieng Minister Qin Gang was removed from office, according to Chinese state media. SOUNDBITE
Preparations are underway on Duomo square in Milan, as Italy prepares to bid farewell to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died on Monday, aged 86. Thousands of people are expected to attend the billionaire media mogul's state funeral which will be held in the city's Gothic Duomo cathedral and shown live on big screens on the square. IMAGES
Chinese mourners lay flowers outside Jiang Zemin's former residence in his hometown Yangzhou, near Shanghai, after the former leader died on Wednesday. State media said Jiang had died of leukaemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at the age of 96, and that funeral preparations had begun. IMAGES
A Chinese flag flies at half-mast outside the ministry of foreign affairs building in Bejing following the death of former leader Jiang Zemin. Jiang died Wednesday at the age of 96, state media reported, hailing him as a great communist revolutionary who helped quell the 1989 pro-democracy protests. IMAGES
The US Justice chief accuses China of interfering with the American justice system as he announces indictments of 13 Chinese nationals who allegedly worked for Beijing's spy agencies. Three separate cases unveiled showed that "the government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights," says Attorney General Merrick Garland. SOUNDBITE
The gates to Westminster Abbey open for guests ahead of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The event is expected to be the biggest gathering of foreign dignitaries and officials and will be attended by leaders from around the world. IMAGES
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