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The European Parliament vote to demand that the European Commission scrap the appointment of an ally of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, casting a shadow over her bid for a second term. IMAGES of the vote
People gather in Istanbul's Sarachane area after partial results show the main Turkish opposition party claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara. The country has been dominated for more than two decades by the AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden's immigration chief escapes impeachment over the border crisis by a razor-thin margin, in a show of support that left House Republicans two votes short of the total they needed to force a Senate trial. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has long been in Republicans' crosshairs over what they describe as a humanitarian crisis, with record numbers of mainly South and Central Americans trying to enter the United States from neighboring Mexico. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkey should approve Sweden's stalled bid for membership "as soon as possible". "Sweden has delivered on what they promised and now the time has come for Turkiye to finalise the accession process," Stoltenberg tells a press conference in Brussels. Turkey and Hungary are the only NATO members to not yet have ratified Sweden joining the alliance over 18 months after it applied for membership. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of people gather in Istanbul's Maltepe Square to attend a rally in support of Palestinians and protesting the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip in response to last week's bloody attack on Israel by Hamas. The rally is the first massive pro-Palestinian protest ever organised by a Turkish political party represented at the Turkish parliament. IMAGES