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The members of Attal's government left the Elysée Palace at the end of the first post-legislative Council of Ministers, during which President Macron announced that he would accept the resignation of the Prime Minister and his team at the end of the day. IMAGES
A host of French and American celebrities, including singer Pharrell Williams, former tennis player John McEnroe, actress Salma Hayek and her husband François-Henri Pinault, arrive at the Elysée Palace for the dinner in honor of US President Joe Biden. IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses the wrongful conviction of more than 700 people who ran post offices between 1999 and 2005, saying that the government will do "everything we can do make this right". The prosecutions for theft and false accounting have received new attention following a new television drama about one branch manager's fight for justice. The Post Office began installing Horizon IT software made by Fujitsu in the late 1990s, but flaws in its programming showed up deficits in branch accounts. Postal service executives, refusing to acknowledge problems with the software, forced workers to repay the shortfalls. Some were imprisoned or left out of pocket, while others failed to find other jobs and lost their homes. Speaking at an event in Lancashire, the prime minister says "it's simply wrong what happened" and that new efforts are being made to hurry pardons and compensation for those who have not yet received them. SOUNDBITE
Images of Armenian military guarding the border post at the start of the Lachin Corridor to Azerbaijan, in Kornidzor. IMAGES
Firefighters douse a fire at the landmark, near-century-old building housing the Philippine capital Manila's Central Post Office. IMAGES
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