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A helicopter takes off from a military airport, after the landing of Burkina's ex-president, Blaise Compaoré, following 8 years in exile. A convoy of vehicles is also seen leaving the site. IMAGES
A large French flag flies above the first level of the Eiffel Tower as part of the annual 8 May commemorations. This year marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe but ceremonies have had to be scaled back and held without the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
Eminem has explained why he waited 17 years to finally perform 'Lose Yourself' at the Oscars.
A Russian court sentences former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev to eight years in a penal colony for taking a $2-million bribe from an ally of President Vladimir Putin. Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking official arrested in Putin's 17 years in power. IMAGES
Rwanda jails the main leader of the opposition for treason and denying the genocide which scourged the country in the 1990s. Next, there are urgent calls for a reform of South Sudan's use of the death penalty as activists warn justice is not being served. Finally, China's manufacturers begin gravitating towards Africa as the low production costs become an irresistible draw.
French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed at Berlin-Brandenburg airport together with his wife, Brigitte Macron by officials, on what is the first state visit to Germany by a French president in 24 years. Macron, on his three-day, four stop visit will seek to highlight the historic importance of the post-war relationship between the two countries. IMAGES