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Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh speaks during the 40th day after death memorial event for late Palestinian veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. IMAGES
Palestinian mourners carry the body of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh from an ambulance to the Al Jazeera headquarters in Ramallah. IMAGES
In an exclusive interview with Reuters, President Barack Obama said he has called for a "full investigation and hopefully, an independent investigation" into the murder on Friday of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)
The United States calls the death of six-year-old Gaza girl Hind Rajab, who days earlier had pleaded for help, "heartbreaking" and urges a prompt Israeli investigation. "It is just a devastating account, a heartbreaking account, for this child, and of course there have been thousands of other children who have died as a result of this conflict," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, adding, "We have asked the Israeli authorities to investigate this incident on an urgent basis." SOUNDBITE
The White House attacks a devastating special counsel report for making "gratuitous and inappropriate" comments about US President Joe Biden's age and memory. "When the inevitable conclusion is that the facts and the evidence don't support any charges, you're left to wonder why this report spends time making gratuitous and inappropriate criticisms of the president," White House spokesperson Ian Sams tells reporters during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
The UN human rights chief Volker Türk decries the lack of accountability for the 2020 Beirut port blast, urging an international probe into the massive explosion that destroyed swathes of the city, in a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council. "It may therefore be time to consider an international fact-finding mission to look into human rights violations related to this tragedy," says Volker Türk. SOUNDBITE