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Added on the 03/04/2018 12:31:59 - Copyright : France 24 EN
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
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says that he will "not allow" the European Court of Human Rights to block flights deporting illegal migrants to Rwanda from the UK, under a new bill being introduced in parliament. Previous attempts to send migrants to Rwanda have been stymied by court rulings against the UK government, and the prime minister is now under pressure from his own party to come up with a working policy to deter illegal migration. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Élysée Palace for a working dinner. On the menu: the growing tensions around Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian violence. IMAGES
Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel's prime minister following a vote in parliament that brought in the most right-wing government in the country's history. IMAGES
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara vote in Jerusalem during the fifth election in less than four years. IMAGES
After a record 12 years under Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel entered a new era Sunday, voting in a motley coalition united by animosity towards "Bibi" and installing his one-time protege Naftali Benett as prime minister. IMAGES