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Former US president Donald Trump vows to appeal his criminal conviction for falsifying business records, saying that his legal team had several grounds to challenge the verdict handed down by a New York jury. "We're going to be appealing this scam... on many different things," says Trump, who is seeking reelection in November polls, in a rambling speech. SOUNDBITE
A lawyer for Donald Trump vows to fight the 34 counts related to hush-money payments against the former president, telling media the charges are "sad." "The indictment itself is boilerplate," attorney Todd Blanche says outside the Manhattan court complex following Trump's arraignment, adding that the indictment was "sad and we're going to fight it." SOUNDBITE
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes oath for a third term as president of Brazil, capping a remarkable comeback for the veteran leftist (2003-2010) after he defeated far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in October elections. IMAGES
Former president Donald Trump's refusal to immediately intervene to stop last year's assault on the US Capitol makes him "unfit for any office," the vice chair of the House panel investigating the attack says. "No man who would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again," Representative Liz Cheney tells the final meeting of the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. "He is unfit for any office," she adds. SOUNDBITE
"Our determination has not changed, and we are ready to maintain this effort for the long term" says French president Emmanuel Macron in a video address to participants in the Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv. (COMPLETES VIDI32GY6DA_EN AND VIDI32GY4ZY_EN) SOUNDBITE
Representative Liz Cheney, the senior Republican on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack and an outspoken critic of Trump, warns fellow Republicans against attempts to "whitewash" the reality of the attack. "No member of Congress should now attempt to defend the indefensible, obstruct this investigation, or whitewash what happened that day," Cheney says on the first day of the hearing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
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