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Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party, apologises after a government watchdog ruled the party had broken equality law in its handling of anti-Semitism complaints during his predecessor's tenure, saying today is a "day of shame". SOUNDBITE
Seven MPs from Britain's opposition Labour Party announce they are breaking away and forming an independent group in protest at the party's support for Brexit and its failure to stamp out anti-Semitism. SOUNDBITE from Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree
Thousands march in central London against anti-Semitism and to call for the safe return of Israeli hostages, as a temporary truce largely held in Gaza more than a month and a half after the start of the war between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a visit to Germany, says he sees all faiths as equal and rejects suggestions that his attacks on Israel have anti-Semitic undertones. "If there was a struggle against anti-Semitism, I was the first leader in the world to lead that struggle," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
Political figures leading the march against anti-Semitism arrive near the French Senate in Paris. More than 100,000 people turned out, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. IMAGES
Thousands march against anti-Semitism in Paris, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. The march also comes a day after several thousand people demonstrated in Paris under the rallying cry "Stop the massacre in Gaza". IMAGES