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Moise Katumbi, considered the main challenger of President Felix Tshisekedi, votes in the DR Congo general elections at a polling center in Lubumbashi. IMAGES
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer meets Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on his visit to the United States, which has voiced growing frustration at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. IMAGES
Veteran US politician Mitch McConnell, 82, says he would step down as leader of the Republican Party in the Senate later this year, ending his tenure as the longest-serving Senate leader in American history. "I stand before you today, Mr. President and my colleagues to say this will be my last term as Republican leader," McConnell says in chamber. SOUNDBITE
The United Nations begins withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo by handing over a first UN base to the national police. During an official ceremony at the Kamanyola base, close to the Rwandan and Burundian borders, the flags of the United Nations and Pakistan, the countries of origin of the peacekeepers in charge, were replaced by those of the DRC. IMAGES
The United States warns Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the UN that they "must walk back from the brink of war" as tensions between the neighbors ratchet up. "Regional diplomatic efforts, not military conflict, are the only path to a negotiated solution and sustainable peace," says American envoy to the UN Robert Wood during a UNSC emergency meeting. SOUNDBITE
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