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Slovakia's Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak says that doctors have brought Prime Minister Robert Fico "closer to a positive prognosis". The PM was shot while he was greeting supporters in central Slovakia and remains hospitalised in intensive care. SOUNDBITE
Images show exteriors of a Coptic monastery in Cullinan, South Africa, where three Eygptian Coptic Orthodox monks were reported to have been murdered. IMAGES
Palestinians rally in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after six people, including the deputy leader of Hamas Saleh al-Aruri, were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, according to state media. IMAGES
People gather outside the Hamdaniyah general hospital where wounded and dead victims have been taken after a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Al-Hamdaniyah, leaving 100 dead and more than 150 injured according to state media. IMAGES
The coffin of Carène Mezino, a 37-year-old nurse stabbed to death at the end of May in Reims hospital by a mentally disturbed man, is carried in the hearse in front of the Basilica of Saint-Remi in Reims, in the presence of several hundred people, including the Minister of Health, François Braun. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.