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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni votes in a polling station in a school South of Rome at the opening of the polls for the European elections. Polls suggest Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party looks set to claim 27 percent of the vote, equalling 22 seats, amid a broader surge of far-right groups across the EU. IMAGES
Italy's new far-right government wins a vote of confidence at the Senate, after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni outlined a programme reaffirming her support for the EU, NATO and Ukraine and presenting herself as a steady hand to guide her country through turbulent times. IMAGES
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives in Kyiv, where she is expected to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Meloni, who took office in October, has repeatedly expressed a desire to visit Ukraine to demonstrate her government's support following Russia's invasion almost exactly one year ago. Meloni, who leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, is also keen to distance herself from the more pro-Russian partners in her governing coalition. IMAGES
New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is "not prepared to continue" with the Rwanda deportation plan of his Conservative predecessors. Speaking the day after his Labour Party secured a landslide election victory, Starmer says the plan "was never a deterrent, almost the opposite." SOUNDBITE
The new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at Downing Street in London after Britain's head of state, King Charles III, officially appointed the Labour leader during an audience at Buckingham Palace. IMAGES
Counting begins in the Richmond and Northallerton constituency of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as exit polls predict the opposition Labour Party have won a landslide majority in Britain's general election. IMAGES