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Scottish First minister and leader of the SNP party Nicola Sturgeon arrives at a counting centre in Glasgow ahead of the announcement of results for her constituency. IMAGES
Britain goes to the polls for a snap election called by Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of Brexit after a campaign shadowed by terrorism. IMAGES
Images outside former Scottish prime minister Nicola Sturgeon's house in Glasgow after she was arrested as part of an investigation into the finances of the political party she led for over eight years. Her detention marks the third arrest in the probe that has sent shockwaves through Scotland's politics, long dominated by the Scottish National Party (SNP). IMAGES
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker met with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels on Wednesday, as the European Council emergency meeting on the 'Brexit' issue takes place in the Belgian capital. Relations between Scotland and the EU, the 'Brexit' result, as well as the possibility of a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the UK were expected to top the agenda of the meeting.
Greece's Prime Minister and President of the New Democracy Party Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives at the Presidential Palace, where he will be welcomed by Greece's President Katerina Sakallaropoulou who has handed him the mandate to form a government. Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said he was seeking a new vote as soon as June 25 in order to obtain a ruling majority, a day after his party won national elections that failed to produce a single-party government. IMAGES