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Under fierce questioning by reporters, US President Joe Biden hits back saying "my memory is fine". "Take a look at what I've done since I became president," he adds. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde announces that ECB European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged again. The third consecutive pause since October was widely expected, and leaves the benchmark deposit rate at a record high of four percent. SOUNDBITE
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa meets the Springboks in Pretoria after their record fourth Rugby World Cup win. IMAGES
Eurozone inflation "dropped markedly" in September but is still expected to remain "too high for too long", European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde tells the press in Athens, whilst announcing that the ECB was holding interest rates steady. Policymakers had raised rates at each of their last 10 meetings as they sought to rein in soaring inflation driven in large part by surging energy prices in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to visit the White House on Thursday. SOUNDBITE
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