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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announces in a video message to the Human Rights Council that she will visit China in May. SOUNDBITE
A Long March 2-C rocket carrying a satellite jointly developed by China and France lifted off from a space base in Xichang, in southwestern China. The launch took place around 3:00pm (0700 GMT). The satellite, dubbed the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), will seek out gamma-ray bursts, powerful cosmic explosions that offer clues about the history of the universe. IMAGES
Several hundred demonstrators, many flying Tibetan flags, gather in Paris's "Place de la République" to protest against Xi Jinping's visit to France. The Chinese president is being received by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for a two-day state visit as part of his first European tour since 2019. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says his country "remain deeply concerned about PRC human rights violations", after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. IMAGES
A human skeleton was found buried in a military facility near Uruguay's capital Montevideo, less than 100 metres from where remains of victims of the South American country's dictatorship (1973-1985) have been found in recent years. IMAGES
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