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The EU's spokesperson repeats the bloc's condemnation of the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who on Wednesday was reportedly shot and hospitalised after a cabinet meeting. "Such acts of violence have no place in our society and weaken democracy" says Eric Mamer. SOUNDBITE
Catherine, Princess of Wales, apologises over an altered official photo that saw news agencies, including AFP, pull the image from their systems. "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C" a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, says. IMAGES
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in a Paris court as his appeal hearing opens against a conviction for illegal campaign financing in a failed 2012 re-election bid. IMAGES
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite on the Cannes red carpet for director Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon", which is playing Out of Competition. Walking out onto the Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black", Scorsese and De Niro were joined by co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemmons. IMAGES
At a press conference, WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we continue to see misinformation on social media and mainstream media about the pandemic accord that countries are now negotiating". Earlier on Twitter, Elon Musk wrote "countries should not cede authority to WHO". Without naming the South African billionaire directly, the WHO chief says "the claim that the accord will cede power to WHO is quite simply false. It's fake news". SOUNDBITE