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Voters in the German state of Thuringia begin casting their ballots in regional elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right party AfD. The contests in Thuringia and Saxony come a week after three people were killed in a suspected Islamist attack, fuelling a bitter debate over immigration. IMAGES
Images show aircrafts at Beirut airport as Middle East tensions skyrocket following the killings last week of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike on a Beirut suburb and of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a strike on Tehran attributed to Israel. IMAGES
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, walk into the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas, where they join other presidential candidates who have been summoned. Venezuela's supreme court has summoned all candidates to a hearing following Maduro's request that it initiate a process to investigate and certify the election result. IMAGES
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is reelected to a third six-year term with 51.2 percent of the vote, the president of the electoral council Elvis Amoroso says, after a campaign marked by allegations of opposition intimidation and fears of fraud. SOUNDBITE
On the final day of campaigning, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking a third six-year term, holds a rally in Maracaibo (west) amid a climate of nervousness about possible fraud in the July 28 vote and violence in the aftermath. Maduro, in office since taking over from Hugo Chavez in 2013, counts the electoral authorities, military top brass and other state On the final day of campaigninginstitutions among his backers. He also has enjoyed unlimited access to state media and funding for propaganda on everything from building facades to toll booth signage and even ambulances. IMAGES
"I don't necessarily see any broader regional security impacts at this point in time," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran. SOUNDBITE
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