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The United States makes history as the Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. The upper chamber of Congress erupts in applause as the 51-year-old is approved by a vote of 53 to 47 that ensures white men will not be the majority on the nation's high court for the first time in 233 years. IMAGES
Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso, who was forcibly kissed in August by the former president of the football federation Luis Rubiales after the Roja women's World Cup victory, arrives at the Audiencia Nacional court in Madrid to be heard by the judge in charge of the case. IMAGES
Images of Prince Harry getting into a car on his way out of the Royal Courts of Justice in London, after appearing in a hearing against the editor of the Daily Mail, who has been accused by celebrities including the popstar Elton John of illegally gathering information. IMAGES
Black smoke rises into the sky beside the court building where Ousmane Sonko is standing trial for defamation. Police are on standby outside the court after Sonko held an authorised rally the day before, where he urged thousands of supporters to come en masse to back him on the day of the trial. Ousmane Sonko is being tried for allegedly defaming a minister, a case that could determine whether he will be eligible to run in presidential elections next February. Sonko's supporters say President Macky Sall is using the judiciary as a means to sideline him for the vote, a charge Sall denies. IMAGES
"This is a tremendously historic day in the White House and in the country and this is a fulfillment of a promise the president made to the country," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters after the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. SOUNDBITE
"The president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court and certainly stands by that," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says, as several US news media outlets report that US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire. SOUNDBITE
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