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Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim arrives at national palace to be sworn in as country's 10th Prime Minister. IMAGES
Former Italian Prime Minister and current leader of the 'Forza Italia' party, Silvio Berlusconi, casts his vote during the country's legislative elections Sunday. Opinion polls show the far-right 'Brothers of Italy' leading and looking set to form a coalition government alongside Berlusconi's 'Forza' and Matteo Salvini's 'League'. IMAGES
The French National Assembly widely rejected the first motion of no confidence tabled against new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. The motion received 124 votes out of the 289 required. IMAGES
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal pledged to pump "an additional 32 billion euros" into the national healthcare system in the next five years, promising the continuation of a "massive investment" in public hospitals. "Parmi tous les problèmes à résoudre, l’hôpital est en haut de la pile", déclare le Premier ministre, qui visitait avec la nouvelle ministre du Travail, de la Santé et des Solidarités, Catherine Vautrin, le centre hospitalier universitaire de Dijon. (Complète VID34ET6XV_FR) SOUNDBITE
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday dismissed opposition criticism of the country's general election as "illegitimate" as she celebrated securing her fifth term in power. "The election was free and fair" she told reporters, in her first comments since the vote on Sunday, insisting that "those who want to criticise can criticise". SOUNDBITE
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina casts her ballot in an election guaranteed to give her a fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties. IMAGES