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The nationalist pro-Irish Irish party Sinn Fein says the installing of a nationalist first minister in North Ireland, after the main pro-UK party agreed to endorse a deal with London, will be "a moment of very great significance". Speaking in Belfast, Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald says it will mark "the extent of change that has occurred here in the north and indeed right across Ireland". The The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP agreement with London -- approved on January 30 in an internal vote at a closed-door meeting in Lisburn, near Belfast -- formed a basis to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly, that has been paralysed for nearly two years. SOUNDBITE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a sea of supporters outside the Presidential Palace in the capital Ankara in his first appearance after narrowly winning a historic election runoff. IMAGES
Thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gather outside the Presidential Palace in the capital Ankara for his first appearance after his victory in the second round of the presidential election. IMAGES
Chris Heaton-Harris, the UK's Northern Ireland minister, insists he is "under a legal duty to call an election within 12 weeks." The announcement comes as a deadline to resume devolved government at the Stormont assembly passed at midnight, after UK and regional lawmakers failed to resolve a standoff over post-Brexit trade rules. IMAGES
Historic handshake takes place as Prince Charles meets Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in Ireland. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
People gather in Istanbul's Sarachane area after partial results show the main Turkish opposition party claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara. The country has been dominated for more than two decades by the AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES