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Election officials begin the process of counting ballots at a processing center in Santa Ana, California for Super Tuesday, the US presidential primary cycle's largest single day of voting, with contests in 15 states and one territory. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits aircraft engine manufacturer Safran's plant in Villaroche, north-central France, before announcing a series of grants and investments worth several hundred million euros to develop the green aerospace industry. IMAGES
Preparations are underway on Duomo square in Milan, as Italy prepares to bid farewell to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died on Monday, aged 86. Thousands of people are expected to attend the billionaire media mogul's state funeral which will be held in the city's Gothic Duomo cathedral and shown live on big screens on the square. IMAGES
Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, and Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, meet at the EU-US Energy Council Ministerial meeting in Brussels. IMAGES
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of national disaster in an attempt to tackle the severe electricity crisis that stalling daily life and the economy of the continent’s largest industrial power. IMAGES
President Joe Biden has authorized the United States to impose sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project in retaliation for Moscow's military pressure against Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Ned Price says at a briefing. "We have now taken complementary actions, using our own authorities to ensure that Nord Stream 2 is off the table, just as we said it would be," Price says. SOUNDBITE