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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
Representatives of all the political groups in Parliament and several ministers arrive at Matignon for a meeting with French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, after six nights of violence in France following the death of young Nahel, killed by a police officer on 27 June in Nanterre. IMAGES
Images of the Dakar courthouse where the trial against Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape and making death threats is taking place. His trial opened on May 16 but was immediately adjourned until May 23 after he failed to attend. IMAGES
Pope Francis lands in Quebec City, where he will address Canada's political leaders after dedicating the first part of his journey to apologizing for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools. IMAGES
The leaders of nine central and eastern European countries meet in Romania for the Bucharest Nine Summit to call for a strengthening of the eastern flank of NATO, ahead of a major summit in Madrid at the end of June. IMAGES
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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