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Argentina's justice system opens the trial for the attempted murder of Cristina Kirchner in 2022, when a man fired a gun inches away from the then vice president's face in a failed assassination that shocked society and broke a political boundary. IMAGES
Court proceedings resume in the murder case of Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who died in a shooting shortly before the country's 2023 election. Five suspects are on trial, some with ties to "Los Lobos," one of the main gangs in Ecuador fighting for control of the drug trade that has led to a spike in violence in recent years within the small South American country. IMAGES
The lawyer for Amanda Knox says the American is "very upset" after an Italian court reconvicted her of slander for accusing an innocent man of killing her British roommate in 2007, a murder she herself was jailed for before being acquitted. "She was looking to have a final point," lawyer Carlo Dalla Vedova tells journalists, referring to the 17 years of legal procedures following the 2007 killing, "so at the moment she is very upset". SOUNDBITE
A van carrying Chilean Nicolas Zepeda, on trial on appeal for the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki in 2016, arrives at the Vesoul courthouse in eastern France on the day the verdict is due to be delivered. IMAGES
The family of Japanese student Narumi Kurosaki "have come without "no hope whatsoever of any disclosure nor admission" to the appeal trial in eastern France of Chilean Nicolas Zepeda, sentenced to 28 years in prison for the murder of the student in the first trial. SOUNDBITE
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.