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Added on the 29/05/2023 22:27:49 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury face off after a press conference ahead of Saturday's WBC championship fight. IMAGES
Scores of mourners waving Israeli flags hold a procession from the home of slain US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin to the Jerusalem cemetery where he was set to be buried. Israeli authorities on Sunday announced the death of the 23-year-old along with that of five other hostages seized during Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel. They said their bodies were recovered after they were shot at close range on Thursday or Friday, after nearly 11 months in captivity. IMAGES
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at Wanchai District Court ahead of a ruling in a landmark sedition trial. It's the first case of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. IMAGES
"What good does this mandate do when it failed so miserably to meet any of its objectives?", new Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon tells the press before the UN Security Council votes to extend the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a further year. He argues that the rocket attack that killed 12 teenage children in the Israeli annexed part of the Syrian Golan Heights at the end of July was "a direct result of the failure of UNIFIL and the Lebanese government" to implement the Council's resolutions. SOUNDBITE
Pro-Palestinians protesters gather near the United Center, where the Democratic National Convention will kick off in the evening when US President Joe Biden will deliver a bittersweet farewell, passing the torch to Kamala Harris. Protesters carry banners reading "Free Palestine", "Peace now", and Palestinian flags. IMAGES
Images of Doha's skyline as Qatar is set to host Gaza ceasefire talks, seeking a so-far elusive agreement that the United States hopes would stop Iran from striking Israel and avert a wider war. IMAGES