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US President Joe Biden's national security advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel at the weekend for talks with leaders over the conflict in Gaza, the White House says. Sullivan will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that US President Joe Biden will meet his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. Relations have been tense between Netanyahu and Biden since the Israeli was re-elected last year, with Biden having criticized a judicial overhaul that Netanyahu's hard-right government is advancing. SOUNDBITE
The Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, gives a go-ahead for an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden. "I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry," he says, announcing an investigation related to the president’s son Hunter’s business dealings. SOUNDBITE
The arraignment of former US President Donald Trump in a Manhattan criminal court in a hush-money payment case "is not something that is a focus" of US President Joe Biden, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says in Washington. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden was not given advance notice of the Justice Department's appointment Friday of a special prosecutor to investigate his political rival Donald Trump, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters, saying, "we were not given advance notice, we were not aware of this investigation." 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.
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