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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by Northern Ireland's newly appointed First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly on arrival at Stormont Castle, after the restoration of power-sharing in Belfast on February 3. A pro-Irish unity politician, Sinn Fein's O'Neill made history by becoming the UK territory's first nationalist leader, and has predicted that the UK territory will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. IMAGES
The South African president and chairperson of this year's BRICS summit, Cyril Ramaphosa, announces that the five current member states have reached a "consensus on the first phase of this expansion process" and have invited six states to become new members of the BRICS group from January 1, 2024. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attend a roundtable discussion at the Elysee Palace with business leaders from both countries during a summit between Paris and London. (COMPLETES VIDI33AW8N9_EN and VIDI33AW9B7_EN) IMAGES
British Prime Minister Liz Truss insists she would push ahead with her contentious programme to boost sluggish economic growth, despite market turbulence and sacking her finance minister. Truss says she is "absolutely determined to see through what I have promised to deliver, a higher growth, more prosperous United Kingdom", even after being forced to climb down on key parts of the plan. SOUNDBITE
After being elected leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss vows to deliver a "bold plan" for the country centred on tax cuts and economic growth. The foreign secretary beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399, after a summer-long internal contest sparked by Boris Johnson's resignation in July. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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