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Zimbabwe's MDC opposition party confirms it will launch a legal challenge to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow election victory, which it says was due to fraud. SOUNDBITE
Opposition leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party, Nelson Chamisa, goes to the ballot box to cast his vote in the Zimbabwean elections. After voting he addresses the press outside, accusing the government of a "clear and deliberate ploy" of withholding ballot papers for "other candidates" in urban areas such as Harare. IMAGES
The leader of Turkey's ultra nationalist Victory Party, Umit Ozdag, and opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu sign an agreement protocol for the runoff presidential election. Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu vows to send all refugees back home within two years if he is elected president on Sunday. IMAGES
Georgian police arrest a top opposition leader and use tear gas in a violent raid on his party headquarters, further deepening a political crisis sparked by last year's disputed parliamentary elections. Local television footage shows Nika Melia, the leader of the United National Movement, the country's main opposition party, being dragged from his party headquarters to be placed in pre-trial detention. IMAGES
The first woman to have ever served as House Speaker in the US Congress is to continue her role for another term. Business Insider reports Congress voted to re-elect Nancy Pelosi on Sunday to another term as speaker of the House of Representatives. Meeting for its first session of the year, the 117th Congress re-elected Pelosi to the position, securing the majority of the total votes cast. Business Insider reports Pelosi has been in the role since January 2019, when Democrats elected her after regaining majority control of the House. Republican representatives generally voted for Kevin McCarthy, currently the House minority leader.
Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party, apologises after a government watchdog ruled the party had broken equality law in its handling of anti-Semitism complaints during his predecessor's tenure, saying today is a "day of shame". SOUNDBITE
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