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President Emmanuel Macron is given a red carpet welcome and an elephant honour guard as he starts a two-day visit to India, with France eyeing lucrative deals with the world's fifth-largest economy. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron begins the second day of his state visit to the Netherlands with a trip to the Amsterdam Science Park alongside Dutch King Willem-Alexander. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for his annual state of the nation address ahead of the first anniversary of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. IMAGES
The ashes of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, carried by his widow Akie, arrive at Nippon Budokan venue in Tokyo as controversial state funeral attended by Japanese and foreign dignitaries begins. IMAGES
Missouri's attorney general Eric Schmitt announces that his state will be the first "to effectively end abortion" in the United States, after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v. Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves. "I pledge to continue to fight for our most fundamental right: the right to life," Schmitt says in a video statement posted to social media. SOUNDBITE