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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK has sanctioned officials running the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition figure and critic of President Vladmir Putin Alexei Navalny died, saying Britian and its allies were considering "all options to hold Russia and Putin to account". "He died for a cause to which he dedicated his whole life - freedom - and to return home knowing that Putin had already tried to have him killed is one of the most courageous acts of our time," he tells members of parliament. SOUNDBITE
British Ministers arrive for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing street after the publication of the ‘partygate’ report. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised after his government was criticised for "failures of leadership and judgment" in allowing lockdown-breaching parties at his offices. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to make a statement in parliament after he received a version of an eagerly-awaited report into claims of lockdown-breaking parties at his Downing Street office. Senior civil servant Sue Gray has been investigating a series of revelations about boozy get-togethers held while the government told the public to remain socially distanced. The public and political anger at the apparent double-standards has put Johnson's position in jeopardy, prompting speculation he could be ousted or have to resign. IMAGES
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denies allegations of "partisan" political meddling in the criminal prosecution of a corporate giant that have plunged his Liberal government into its worst crisis yet. SOUNDBITE
Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister, said on Wednesday in Paris that a British exit from the European Union will not affect the situation with refugees, stranded in Calais, who are trying to reach the UK.
Soldiers of the British Coldstream Guard, wearing their traditional "bearskin" tall fur cap, take part in the changing of the Republican Guard on the steps of the presidential palace in Paris, to celebrate 120 years of Entende Cordiale agreements between France and the UK. IMAGES