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Gérard Larcher, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Anne Hidalgo and Patricia Miralles take part in the ceremony in tribute to Marshal Philippe Leclerc, as part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. On 24 August 1944, the soldiers of the 2nd armoured division, commanded by General Leclerc, entered the capital through the Porte d'Italie. IMAGES
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris and leader of the centre-right Fine Gael casts his ballot in Delgany, a small rural village in County Wicklow in Ireland. Ireland is voting on electing 14 MEPs to the European Parliament with 73 candidates standing across three constituencies in the first national poll since a general election in 2020. IMAGES
Newly installed Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris visits Belfast for the first time since taking office, meeting Northern Irish political leaders at Stormont Castle. IMAGES
Ireland's parliament votes in favour of Simon Harris as the country's new prime minister, replacing Leo Varadkar after he abruptly quit last month citing personal and political reasons. Harris, 37, will become Ireland's youngest ever prime minister when he is formally installed in the role at a meeting with President Michael D. Higgins. IMAGES
An eruption of joy in Pretoria at the screening of proceedings in the case against Israel over alleged genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, organized by the Embassy of the State of Palestine and South Africa’s ruling ANC party. Those gathered waved flags and cheered after the UN court says Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. IMAGES
France's finance minister Bruno Le Maire, praised the agreement reached between social partners on the sharing of value in companies, described as "historic" for all employees of Small and medium-size enterpresises (SMEs), at the conclusion of a Renaissance Convention in Paris on this theme. SOUNDBITE