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Added on the 01/11/2022 22:45:30 - Copyright : AFP EN
Britain deploys soldiers to key sites and raises its terror alert to the maximum after the Manchester suicide bombing by a local man of Libyan origin who may have been radicalised in Syria. IMAGES of troops at Downing Street
Scuffles break out during pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli counter protests ahead of a visit to London by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Protesters calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a halt of US support to Israel's war block a street near the US Capitol, ahead of US President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech. IMAGES
Key British ministers arrive at 10 Downing Street for a cabinet meeting ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announcing the Spring budget. Britain's Conservative government is expected to use the budget update to unveil tax cuts for millions of workers, in an attempt to woo voters before a general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party, which has been in power since 2010, is well behind the main opposition Labour party in opinion polls and looks likely to be dumped out of office. IMAGES
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska is welcomed at 10 Downing Street by Akshata Murty, wife of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The visit comes days after the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Supporters of Julian Assange arrive outside 10 Downing Street to call for his release after a UK court hearing over whether to grant the WikiLeaks founder a fresh appeal against his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges concluded in London. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over Wikileaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES