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The United States is closely watching tensions between Venezuela and Guyana over a disputed, oil-rich border region and wants them to avoid any conflict, the White House says. "We obviously don't want to see any violence occur here or conflict occur," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Key Indian opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal addressed a crowd of supporters after being released on bail from a prison in New Delhi. Kejriwal, the capital's chief minister, was detained in March over a long-running corruption probe and is one among several leaders of a political alliance opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi under criminal investigation. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a political rally ahead of presidential election despite having little chance of overcoming the hurdles the state has placed in her way. Polls show that Machado, who won an opposition primary with 92 percent of votes cast last October, would likely beat incumbent Nicolas Maduro in elections set for July 28. But she has been disqualified by state-aligned institutions from holding public office, accused of corruption. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
Russia's tanks stand poised on "Europe's Ukrainian lawn", British defence minister Grant Shapps warns, in a wide-ranging speech outlining the United Kingdom's security priorities. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world has "come full circle, moving from a post-war to pre-war world," Shapps adds, raising the alarm at an increasingly unstable security situation amidst Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, increasing attacks on Red Sea shipping by Yemen's Huthi rebels and Moscow's ongoing invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. SOUNDBITE
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