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Lawmakers in crisis-hit Lebanon start the 12th attempt to elect a new president, as the vote for the presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian under Lebanon's delicate sectarian power-sharing system, pits the Hezbollah-backed Sleiman Frangieh against financial official Jihad Azour, who has mainly been endorsed by Christian and independent legislators. IMAGES
Following a blocked bid to renew debates on the the 64-year-old retirement age, French leftist coalition Nupes announces the tabling of a no confidence vote against the government. IMAGES
Israelis march through Jerusalem to parliament to protest against the government's budget proposal. Ahead of the budget votes beginning late May 23 and continuing May 24, the drum-beating demonstrators, bearing Israeli flags, accused the ruling coalition of "looting" the state's money. IMAGES
"Once again, we decide to trample parliamentary democracy," says France Unbowed MP David Guiraud after he left the hemicycle, as the National Assembly largely rejected a new request for a vote of no confidence filed by France Unbowed party (LFI) against the government, meaning the government's entire draft budget for 2023 is passed without a vote, and moves through to the Senate. SOUNDBITE
British Prime minister Boris Johnson's motorcade arrives at Westminster where he is facing British MPs for the first time since his party's no-confidence vote on Monday. IMAGES
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