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"In the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security," US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union address, one week after Moscow invaded Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts a videoconference from the Élysée Palace with Nikol Pachinian, Prime Minister of Armenia, Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan and Charles Michel, President of the European Council. IMAGES
Dozens of protesters gather outside the American consulate in Istanbul after Joe Biden became the first US president to recognise the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. The landmark move has drawn praise from Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and condemnation from Turkey's ally Azerbaijan. IMAGES
Washington, Apr 24 (EFE).- With the White House release Saturday of a statement describing the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as a result of the policies of Turkey's then rulers as "genocide," Joe Biden became the first president of the United States willing to offend the current Turkish government by using the highly freighted word for that horrible episode of World War I. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT)SHOST LIST: PROTESTERS COMMEMORATE THE 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS KILLED IN THE OTTOMAN-ERA SLAUGHTER NEAR THE TURKISH CONSULATE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Armenian Americans rally in Los Angeles on the 106th anniversary of the killings of Armenians by Ottoman troops. Earlier on Saturday, Joe Biden became the first US president to recognize the 1915 killings as genocide. It's a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as Biden defied decades of pressure by Turkey. IMAGES
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