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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints Major General Herzi Halevi as Israel's new Chief of General Staff during a ceremony in Jerusalem. IMAGES
Erevan (Armenia), Feb 25 (EFE).- (Camera: Suren Stepanyan) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday fired the head of the country’s armed forces after an “attempted coup.”Chief of General Staff Onik Gasparyan was among dozens of senior army officials, who signed a statement Thursday calling on the prime minister to step down. Pashinyan has faced growing opposition after Armenian forces were defeated in the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020.FOOTAGE OF PASHINIAN AT THE INDEPENDENCE SQUARE IN THE ARMENIAN CAPITAL AND OF A MARCH.SOUNDBITES OF ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER, NIKOL PASHINIAN: "As if we were thieves, but before stealing anything from the people, we cut off our hands.""Long live the Republic of Armenia, long live Artsaj (Armenian name of Nagorno Karabakh), long live our children, who must live in a strong, determined and proud Armenia."
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets soldiers stationed in Poland accompanied by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, with the UK leader on a diplomatic visit to Warsaw for talks that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. Sunak's visit to Eastern Europe accompanied by defence minister Grant Shapps comes as Kyiv pleads with allies to ramp up supplies of ammunition and air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal pays his first visit to the armed forces at Lyon Mont-Verdun air base 942. IMAGES
French PM Elisabeth Borne arrives in French Guiana to spend New Year's Eve with the armed forces fighting illegal gold mining in this overseas territory. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to this department of 300,000 inhabitants in the north-east of South America. 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).
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