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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition party to former PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, holds a rally in Dhaka to celebrate Hasina's resignation, as her 15 year rule came to an end on 5 August amid weeks-long deadly protests. IMAGES
The United States calls on Israel to be transparent over a strike on a UN school in Gaza, including on whether children were killed. "The government of Israel has said that they are going to release more information about this strike, including the names of those who died in it. We expect them to be fully transparent in making that information public," US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Supporters gather at India's main opposition Congress party office to watch the election results as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to win the election. IMAGES
Turkish police have sealed off Istanbul's central Taksim Square to prevent any May Day protests, with scuffles breaking out in the nearby Besiktas district after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned unions to stay away from any provocative steps. The stepped-up security measures come a day after Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said authorities had designated 40 areas for May Day celebrations with the exception of the emblematic Taksim Square. IMAGES
With five days to go until the Paris Agricultural Show, angry farmer sin the north of France are keeping the pressure on the French government, driving a hundred tractors on main roads near Dunkirk. With five days to go until the Paris Agricultural Show, angry farmers in the north of France are driving a hundred tractors on main roads near Dunkirk. At the call of the unions FDSEA 59 and the Young Farmers, they are heading towards the regional authority on environment, planning and housing in Gravelines to protest a project to extend the port of Dunkirk, which threatens to close down several farms. IMAGES
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "shocked by the reported death" of Russia's opposition figure Alexei Navalny. "The Secretary-General expresses his condolences to Mr. Navalny's family and calls for a full, credible, and transparent investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Navalny's reported death in custody," Stephane Dujarric tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE