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Far-right political figures including France's Marine Le Pen attend the Vox party congress in Madrid. Argentina's President Javier Milei is scheduled to take part at the gathering. Milei began a visit to Spain on Friday, during which he will not meet PM Pedro Sanchez or King Felipe VI. IMAGES
Delegates at the Congress of the Socialist Party in Marseille, France, voted to re-elect Olivier Faure as first secretary, putting an end to several days of internal disputes thanks to an agreement with Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, notably on the composition of the leadership. IMAGES
Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing first female speaker of the US House of Representatives, says that she will step down from the party leadership when Republicans take control of the chamber in January. "For me, the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect," says the 82-year-old Pelosi, who first became speaker in 2007 and later presided over both impeachments of Donald Trump. SOUNDBITE
Xi Jinping leads a new lineup of top Communist Party officials confirming he has secured a third term as China's leader after a week-long congress. The Chinese president on Sunday promoted his closest allies into the Communist Party's top ruling body, further consolidating his grip on power. IMAGES
The closing ceremony for China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, with President Xi Jinping likely to seal an unprecedented third term in power. Delegates vote to endorse Xi's "work report" delivered at the Congress's opening last Sunday and rubber-stamped a resolution on the Party's constitution. IMAGES