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Images at the start of the trial against Bjorn Hoecke, head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, who appears in court for publicly using a banned Nazi slogan. He stands accused of twice using the phrase "Alles fuer Deutschland" ("Everything for Germany"), once a motto of the so-called Sturmabteilung paramilitary group that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power. IMAGES
Pacific nation Solomon Islands begins voting in a national election that could reshape regional security, with citizens in effect choosing if their nation will deepen ties with China. IMAGES
A summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) opens in Kingstown, on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with speeches from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Honduran President Xiomara Castro, and local officials. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron opens the 60th Salon de l'Agriculture to boos and jeers, following clashes earlier in the morning between police and farmers that forced organisers to postpone the opening of France's largest agricultural show. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).