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World leaders are led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay their respects to Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi on the sidelines of the G20 summit. IMAGES
Spain's King Felipe VI meets with the country's party leaders in a bid to break an impasse over the formation of a new government following inconclusive elections last month. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has headed a caretaker government with reduced powers since a July 23 general election produced a hung parliament, in which a ruling majority cannot easily be formed. While his Socialist party finished second behind the conservative Popular Party (PP), it is better positioned as it has more potential partners. IMAGES
"I'm not scared of these threats, of these disqualifications... I'm not scared of them," says top Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi after he was expelled from parliament. He also continues demanding a probe into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's relationship with controversial tycoon Gautam Adani. Gandhi was stripped of his parliamentary seat on Friday, a day after a defamation conviction in Modi's home state of Gujarat for a 2019 campaign trail remark seen as an insult to the premier. SOUNDBITE
The president of the Horizons group Édouard Philippe "does not believe at all that it is possible" that the relative majority build "a government agreement with the far right or with the far left". Emmanuel Macron is continuing his consultations with political forces, in search of a difficult consensus in the National Assembly, three days after the second round of legislative elections. SOUNDBITE
"We must bring together all the people of good will to allow the government to act," declares Franck Riester, leader of the Agir party, after an interview with Emmanuel Macron. SOUNDBITE
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