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New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says an upcoming NATO summit in Washington is an opportunity for him "to make clear our unshakeable support" for the alliance and to "reiterate" Britain's backing of Ukraine. Speaking after his Labour Party secured a landslide election win, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, Starmer says "the first duty of my government is security and defence." SOUNDBITE
Volunteers using heavy machinery clear away the smouldering remains of a road blockade in Noumea, capital of New Caledonia, hit by deadly riots in response to an electoral reform slammed by the pro-independence movement. IMAGES
Volunteers and residents help clear up the locality of Mucum after a cyclone triggered devastating floods and landslides in Brazil's state of Rio Grande do Sul. At least 42 people have died and some 150,000 people have been affected by the cyclone, many of whom have lost their homes or face isolation from landslides that washed away roads and bridges. IMAGES
Europeans must not tire in their effort to defeat Russia's invasion of Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says, warning Vladimir Putin would seek to exploit "democratic fatigue". SOUNDBITE
Rescue workers are clearing rubble at the Amstor shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, after a Russian missile strike left 16 people killed and 59 wounded, according to Ukraine's emergency services. The Russian military claims it struck a weapons depot nearby and the resulting explosions hit the shopping mall, while Group of Seven leaders have branded the attack as "a war crime". IMAGES
Images published by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine show rescue workers clearing rubble at the "Amstor" shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk. The mall was hit by a Russian missile strike that killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 40, according to a regional governor. IMAGES
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