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The Ferrari in which Formula One legend Michael Schumacher won the 2003 World Championship title sells for more than $13 million at auction in Geneva. Schumacher raced nine times in the car, winning five Grands Prix in the 2003 season and driving it when he clinched the title in Japan. IMAGES
European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, announces the ECB is lifting its key rates of interest by 75 basis points, leaving them sitting in a range of between 0.75 and 1.5 percent. It came after the bank hiked rates by 50 basis points in July, its first increase in more than a decade, in order to tame record eurozone inflation. These levels "will ensure the timely return of inflation to our 2% medium term target" she says, during a press conference in Frankfurt. SOUNDBITE
An iconic swimming pool picture painted by British legend David Hockney is sold for $90.3 million in New York, setting a new auction record for a living artist, Christie's says. IMAGES
Voting stations across Algeria close after an hour's extension for the presidential election expected to bring a second term for incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune. IMAGES
People struggle to push motorbikes and rickshaws through flooded streets in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore after the metropolis, home to 13 million, was deluged with record-breaking rainfall. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes King Charles III at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordhsire, England, for the meeting of the European Political Community. Starmer has vowed to rebuild trust with European allies damaged by Brexit as he hosts dozens of leaders at the summit where they have reaffirmed backing for Ukraine and pledged to tackle irregular migration. IMAGES