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Speaking to media for the first time since her return to the UK, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman who was held in Iran for six years, says her relase 'should have happened six years ago', questioning why it took five British Foreign Secretaries to negotiate her freedom. IMAGES
Former Bolivian army chief Juan Jose Zuniga, suspected of leading a failed coup against Bolivian President Luis Arce, is transferred to a high-security prison not far from the capital La Paz. IMAGES
Key Indian opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal addressed a crowd of supporters after being released on bail from a prison in New Delhi. Kejriwal, the capital's chief minister, was detained in March over a long-running corruption probe and is one among several leaders of a political alliance opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi under criminal investigation. IMAGES
Protesters in London try to block the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation, as the UK government began detaining people before controversial deportation flights to Rwanda start. The protesters occupy the road in front of a bus believed to be waiting to take asylum seekers from a hotel in the Peckham area of the British capital to an accommodation barge moored off the south coast of England. A London Metropolitan Police statement said a number of people had been arrested. IMAGES
Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, according to a World Health Organization study -- the equivalent of six lives saved "every minute", declares WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press statement in Geneva. 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.