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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky adresses Israeli lawmakers, the latest in a series of speeches by videoconference to foreign legislatures. IMAGES
Britain says it will suspend 30 out of 350 arms exports licences to Israel, citing a "clear risk" they could be used in a serious breach of international humanitarian law. "These include equipment that we assess is for use in the current conflict in Gaza," says British Foreign Minister David Lammy. SOUNDBITE
Activists unfurl a banner on Westminster Bridge that reads "Keir Starmer: Will Labour stop arming Israel?". Organised by pro-Palestinian volunteer organisation Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Houses of Parliament looms over the bridge on which the banner hangs, on the eve of the first TV debate ahead of the UK's July 4 election. IMAGES
British government ministers arrive for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, ahead of a statement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak where he announced that general elections will take place on July 4. IMAGES
Hundreds of protesters demonstrate outside the British Parliament, many of them chanting "Free Palestine" and waving Palestinian flags as the House of Commons debates a motion tabled by the Scottish National Party calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Global concern has spiralled over the high civilian death toll and dire humanitarian crisis in the war sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack against Israel. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at Northern Ireland's Assembly in Belfast on the second day of his two-day visit to the UK territory, which comes after Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill made history by becoming its first nationalist leader. O'Neill, a pro-Irish unity politician, has predicted that Northern Ireland will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. However, Sunak's government said earlier this week that Northern Ireland's place within the UK appears "secure for decades". IMAGES
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