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People gather outside Downing Street in the British capital to demand the release of hostages, one month after Hamas attacks. The crowd holds banners with photos of people held hostage with the words "kidnapped" and chants "bring them home". IMAGES
At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi says, "Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan, following the beginning of the conflict." He also says that the number of people now internally displaced in the conflict torn nation is now at two million. SOUNDBITE
Huge crowds take to the streets of Warsaw in response to the opposition's call for an anti-government demonstration, "the biggest for some thirty years" according to the organisers, who were expecting 300,000 people. IMAGES
Several dozen demonstrators try to get on the stage where President Cyril Ramaphosa was to make his annual speech on the state of the country, they are intercepted by the security forces present there. Before that, the demonstrators disrupted the ceremony and asked for the resignation of the South African president, as well as the end of power cuts in the country. This comes amid an acute electricity crisis, which has left 60 million South Africans without electricity for hours a day. IMAGES
Images of the Union Jack at Downing Street flying at half-mast after Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died peacefully at Balmoral. IMAGES
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries arrives at 10 Downing Street, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a mounting challenge to his authority following dozens of resignations from his government, including two Cabinet ministers. Dorries has remained steadfastly loyal to the Prime Minister. IMAGES
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