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Traditional leaders of Namibia's Herero and Nama leaders gather outside Germany's embassy in Windhoek, protesting against the country's offer of financial reparations. IMAGES
The European Parliament approves a resolution declaring the 1930s starvation of millions in Ukraine under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin a "genocide". The text said the EU legislature "recognises the Holodomor, the artificial famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine caused by a deliberate policy of the Soviet regime, as a genocide against the Ukrainian people". IMAGES
The European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, warns governments against adding to their public debt, as they look to ease the pressure on households and businesses from soaring energy costs. "Governments should pursue fiscal policies that show they are committed to gradually bringing down high public debt ratios," she says during a news conference, adding that policymakers should pick measures that are "temporary and targeted at the most vulnerable". SOUNDBITE
Dozens of protesters gather outside the American consulate in Istanbul after Joe Biden became the first US president to recognise the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. The landmark move has drawn praise from Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and condemnation from Turkey's ally Azerbaijan. IMAGES
Angela Merkel visits the former German Nazi death camp at Auschwitz for the first time in her 14 years as chancellor, as Germany grapples with a resurgence of anti-Semitism and the growth of the far-right. Merkel is only the third German chancellor ever to visit the camp in Poland, with her highly symbolic trip coming ahead of the 75th anniversary of its liberation by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945. IMAGES
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says, "Daesh is responsible for genocide." In a statement to reporters on Thursday morning, Kerry said it is essential to stop the militant group, better known in the U.S. as Islamic State, from carrying out atrocities. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).