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A UK parliament committee has ruled that Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs over Covid lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street when he was prime minister. The cross-party Privileges Committee said Johnson would have been suspended as an MP for 90 days for "repeated contempts (of parliament) and for seeking to undermine the parliamentary process", had he not already resigned after being shown a pre-publication version of the report. IMAGES of the report
Climate activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion carry trees to the UK Parliament in a fresh protest action in London. IMAGES
Protesters outside the Israeli embassy in London, wave the Israeli flag and call for the return of the hostages who have been held captive by Hamas since 7 October. The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has entered its 12 month with little sign of respite for the Palestinian territory or hope for Israeli hostages still held captive. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in the streets of London, in solidarity with the Palestinians, holding flags, banners and chanting slogans. IMAGES
A fire breaks out at a tower of flats in London, on the day the Grenfell Tower fire second inquiry report is published. The fire was brought under control within two hours with no reports of injuries. UK's Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 killed 72 people, and today's new report markes the end of its long-running inquiry. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer offers a state apology for the Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people in 2017, as the release of a final report found the deaths were avoidable. "It should never have happened. The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty. To protect you and your loved ones, the people that we are here to serve. And I am deeply sorry," Starmer says in a statement to parliament. SOUNDBITE
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