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Hundreds of people attend the first campaign meeting of Macron's Renaissance party for the European elections, with Valérie Hayer as head of list, backed by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. IMAGES
Xochitl Galvez, an outspoken 60-year-old businesswoman and senator with Indigenous roots, officially registers as the presidential candidate for Mexico's opposition coalition. Galvez -- born to an Indigenous Otomi father and mixed-race mother -- will face Mexico City ex-mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's ruling Morena party. IMAGES
Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to Rutte, casts her ballot. Yesilgoz is hoping to cap a meteoric career by clinching the top job. Born in Turkey, the charismatic 46-year-old has taken a hard line on immigration, pledging to drive down refugee numbers -- a paradox to many as she arrived as a young girl following her asylum-seeking father. IMAGES
The National Rejoin March II kicks off in London, UK, in a protest calling for the UK to rejoin the European Union. The protestors met outside Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, near Hyde Park, before heading towards Pall Mall. IMAGES
The front pages of British newspapers lead with news that Huw Edwards has been identified as the BBC presenter at the centre of revelations of sexual misconduct first reported by The Sun newspaper. On Wednesday 12 July London's Metropolitan Police concluded that no crime has been committed, but the BBC continues an internal investigation into potential inappropriate behaviour by the news anchor, who has been one of the BBC's most trusted presenters. In a statement to media, Huw Edwards's wife Vicky Flind says the star has suffered a mental health crisis and is currently hospitalised. IMAGES
The heads of state of the 27 European Union countries and the leaders of the EU's institutions hold a roundtable meeting in Brussels for a European Council summit to discuss the war in Ukraine, migration and a response to the US's massive subsidy plan, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). IMAGES
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