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The United States calls on violence-ravaged Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, to "expedite" a transition to a new governing structure and hold elections. "We are urging him to expedite the transition to an empowered and inclusive governance structure that will move with urgency to help the country prepare for a multinational security support mission to address the security situation and pave the way for free and fair elections," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls a flood that killed thousands in Derna, Libya a symbol of the world's ills as he openS the annual General Assembly. "Even as we speak now, bodies are washing ashore from the same Mediterranean Sea where billionaires sunbathe on their super yachts," Guterres says, adding, "Derna is a sad snapshot of the state of our world -- the flood of inequity, of injustice, of inability to confront the challenges in our midst." SOUNDBITE
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins lands in Papua New Guinea and is welcomed with a guard of honour and a floral garland. IMAGES
"This is a major event, we have not seen something on this scale in recent times" says New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins after at least six people were killed in a fire that tore through a four-storey hostel in the early hours of Tuesday in Wellington. SOUNDBITE
Chris Hipkins is sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister by the country's governor-general during a ceremony at Government House in Wellington, following the resignation of Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, the architect of the country's pandemic response, is now tasked with reviving the government's sagging popularity ahead of a general election in October. IMAGES
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern hugs friends and colleagues outside Parliament in Wellington as she heads to Government House to officially resign. Ardern's resignation, less than three years after an emphatic election victory, has ignited a national debate about the vitriol faced by women leaders, especially on social media. IMAGES