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Turkey's ex-prime minister Binali Yildirim arrives at an Istanbul polling station to cast his vote in local elections. The local elections are a test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his ruling AKP party risking defeat in the capital as an economic slowdown takes hold. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC. IMAGES
Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, and his supporters march to 10 Downing Street in London to call for his release after a British High Court heard a last-ditch bid by the jailed WikiLeaks founder to appeal his extradition to the US to face espionage charges. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over WikiLeaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
"We are asking for President Mohamed Bazoum to be restored to his position and to complete his term of office" demands Niger's Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, outside the Niger embassy in Paris. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of the self-proclaimed new Prime minister of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov gather outside the House of Government, as rival factions make grabs for power and embattled President Sooronbay Jeenbekov claims that he is ready to resign to end a deepening post-vote crisis. IMAGES
Ninety-two-year-old Mahathir Mohamad thanks supporters of his coalition Pakatan Harapan at a press conference after being sworn in as the world's oldest elected leader after a stunning election win that swept Malaysia's establishment from power after more than six decades. SOUNDBITE