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Romanian parliamentarians cast their ballots in a no-confidence vote that has brought down liberal Prime Minister Florin Citu. Former banker Citu, 49, has been prime minister only since December after the previous parliamentary election, but has already been abandoned by its centre-right coalition partner and heavily criticised by the left. IMAGES
Guatemala's center-left presidential candidate for the Movimiento Semilla party, Bernardo Arevalo, casts his vote in the country's presidential elections. IMAGES
Center-left candidate Sandra Torres, the ex-wife of deceased former leftist president Alvaro Colom and one of the frontrunners in Guatemala's presidential election, casts her ballot in Guatemala City. IMAGES
"Once again, we decide to trample parliamentary democracy," says France Unbowed MP David Guiraud after he left the hemicycle, as the National Assembly largely rejected a new request for a vote of no confidence filed by France Unbowed party (LFI) against the government, meaning the government's entire draft budget for 2023 is passed without a vote, and moves through to the Senate. SOUNDBITE
Italy's new far-right government wins a vote of confidence at the Senate, after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni outlined a programme reaffirming her support for the EU, NATO and Ukraine and presenting herself as a steady hand to guide her country through turbulent times. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).