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President Joe Biden voices confidence that the United States would provide long-term military support to Ukraine, despite hesitation among some lawmakers in the rival Republican Party. "The fact of the matter is that I believe we'll have the funding necessary to support Ukraine as long as it takes," Biden tells a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. SOUNDBITE
"We're confident that at the end of the day, Finland and Sweden will have an effective and efficient accession process, that Turkey's concerns can be addressed," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says during a press briefing at the White House, in reference to Finland and Sweden's bid to join NATO. SOUNDBITE
Israeli police officers and military secure the site where three people where killed in what police described as a shooting attack near the Allenby Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The deadly shooting at the Allenby Bridge Crossing, also known as King Hussein Crossing, comes amid surging violence in the West Bank, with major Israeli military raids and attacks by Palestinians. IMAGES
Separatist militants killed at least 39 people in "coordinated" attacks in southwestern Pakistan that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said. In one of the attacks, dozens of militants stopped vehicles travelling on a highway through Balochistan province and shot 23 people dead -- one of the worst shootings in the region in the past several years. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says that protesters against Israel's war in Gaza who demonstrated outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago "have a point." "A lot of innocent people are being killed, on both sides," Biden says in his farewell speech to the convention. 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.