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US President Joe Biden's national security advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel at the weekend for talks with leaders over the conflict in Gaza, the White House says. Sullivan will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
"These are all Biden trials," Donald Trump says as he arrives at a New York courthouse where prosecution and defense teams are set to present opening arguments in the former US president's historic hush-money criminal trial. "I'm here instead of being able to be in Pennsylvania, in Georgia, and lots of other places campaigning," he adds. Trump, 77, has been ordered by the judge to appear in the Manhattan court for the duration of the case, largely keeping him off the campaign trail for weeks as he challenges President Joe Biden for the White House in November's election. IMAGES
The White House attacks a devastating special counsel report for making "gratuitous and inappropriate" comments about US President Joe Biden's age and memory. "When the inevitable conclusion is that the facts and the evidence don't support any charges, you're left to wonder why this report spends time making gratuitous and inappropriate criticisms of the president," White House spokesperson Ian Sams tells reporters during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister and former Education Minister Gabriel Attal congratulates his successor newly appointed Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera at handover ceremony. Attal vows to make school " the heart of the battles fought by my government". SOUNDBITE
France's new Prime Minister, former Education Minister Gabriel Attal pledges to "give schools all the resources they need to succeed". "It will be one of my absolute priorities as head of government" says Attal at the handover ceremony with his predecessor Elisabeth Borne. SOUNDBITE