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A handful of anti-Trump and pro-Trump protesters gather outside the US Supreme Court to protest against Donald Trump as the US Supreme Court is set to hear Trump's appeal against the Colorado ballot ban, examining his eligibility for the Republican primary ballot in the state of Colorado due to his involvement in the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by his supporters. IMAGES
Indigenous celebrate as a majority of Brazil's Supreme Court ruled against efforts to restrict native peoples' rights to reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists and climate campaigners. IMAGES
President Biden is not currently planning to invoke the 14th Amendment to prevent a US debt default, the White House says, ruling out a constitutional solution to the current debt impasse. Invoking the 14th Amendment to the constitution, which some legal scholars argue would let the US Treasury ignore the debt limit, "is not going to fix the current problem we have right now," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. SOUNDBITE
Pakistani security forces fire tear gas at stone-throwing protesters in Peshawar, hours after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested in connection with a graft case. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI33EP8LE_EN
Police officers are on duty outside the constitutional court in Paris, wwhich is due to rule on the legality of the draft pensions law on Friday, while hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in demonstrations across France on Thursday. IMAGES
UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, says "being relocated to Rwanda is not a punishmentm but an innovative way of addressing a major problem" after judges in the UK's High Court ruled that the government's plan to deport migrants to the central African country was lawful. Speaking in the House of Commons, Braverman explains that "by making it clear that they (refugees) cannot expect to stay in the UK, we will deter more people from coming and make such routes inviable". The controversial partnership was initiated by former PM Boris Johnson in an attempt to curb record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel, and last-gasp legal challenges blocked the departure of its first flight in June. SOUNDBITE