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Chris Heaton-Harris, the UK's Northern Ireland minister, insists he is "under a legal duty to call an election within 12 weeks." The announcement comes as a deadline to resume devolved government at the Stormont assembly passed at midnight, after UK and regional lawmakers failed to resolve a standoff over post-Brexit trade rules. IMAGES
Masks and mandatory hand wash: At the Printemps Haussmann department store in Paris, winter sales start with staff cheering the first customers. In Paris, as elsewhere in France, shopkeepers hope to end the winter season on a positive note. IMAGES
British minister Michael Gove arrives in Brussels ahead of a meeting with European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič to tackle post-Brexit trade issues. IMAGES of Michael Gove arriving
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets newly-appointed Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan. Morgan, who was voted in on August 6 and is the first woman to lead Wales, replaced her short-lived predecessor Vaughan Gething who survived less than five months in office and resigned following rows over political donations and sacked ministers. Both Starmer and Morgan are members of Britain's centre-left Labour Party. IMAGES
At a press conference held at Downing Street after a meeting with police chiefs, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer lays out plans to better target known far-right agitators, including wider deployment of facial recognition technology and criminal behavior orders to restrict their movement. He also warns social media commpanies that they must uphold laws around spreading incendiary misinformation, following unrest blamed on the sharing of unverified details about the Southport knife attack. "It's also a crime and it's happening on your premises," Starmer said of the proliferation of misinformation "whipped up online", which helped spark two nights of violence in English towns and cities after Monday's stabbings. SOUNDBITE