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Erevan (Armenia), Feb 25 (EFE).- (Camera: Suren Stepanyan) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday fired the head of the country’s armed forces after an “attempted coup.”Chief of General Staff Onik Gasparyan was among dozens of senior army officials, who signed a statement Thursday calling on the prime minister to step down. Pashinyan has faced growing opposition after Armenian forces were defeated in the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020.FOOTAGE OF PASHINIAN AT THE INDEPENDENCE SQUARE IN THE ARMENIAN CAPITAL AND OF A MARCH.SOUNDBITES OF ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER, NIKOL PASHINIAN: "As if we were thieves, but before stealing anything from the people, we cut off our hands.""Long live the Republic of Armenia, long live Artsaj (Armenian name of Nagorno Karabakh), long live our children, who must live in a strong, determined and proud Armenia."
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, casts his vote on Sunday morning in the country's regional and local elections. The stakes in the polls are high for Sanchez, whose government could face a test in a year-end general election. Surveys suggest he will lose, heralding a return of the right. IMAGES
Imran Khan supporters protest outside his house in Lahore after the police attempted to arrest the former prime minister and all-time Pakistan cricket great, who is battling several legal cases as he pressures the government for early elections. The arrest warrant was issued after Khan failed to appear before the court in a corruption case on February 28. Khan is accused of failing to declare gifts received during his time in office, or the profit made from selling them. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and Health Minister François Braun arrive at the Ile-de-France Regional Health Authority (ARS) at a time when emergency services in many regions are facing an increase in activity due to the concomitant epidemics of Covid, flu and bronchiolitis. IMAGES
The assault on the Capitol was "the culmination of an attempted coup," says Bennie Thompson, the head of a congressional panel investigating last year's deadly Capitol riot, in presenting his initial findings on Donald Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. SOUNDBITE
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