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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives at a polling station at Sydney's Bondi beach as polls open for the Indigenous rights referendum. IMAGES
Disappointment abounds among "Yes" supporters at a campaign event, after a majority of Australians voted "No" in a referendum on Indigenous people's constitutional recognition and greater rights. The result scuppers plans to amend the country's 122-year-old constitution so that it acknowledged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders for the first time. IMAGES
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urges voters to back the referendum on rights and recognition for Indigenous citizens, as voters begin to cast their ballots. SOUNDBITE
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives in East Timor's capital, Dili, to attend the 20th anniversary of the country's UN-backed referendum which paved the way for it to become an independent nation. Morrison is also slated to mark a maritime border treaty that could unlock billions in offshore oil and gas revenue in East Timor. IMAGES
The convoys of French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrive in the suburb of Saint-Denis, north of Paris, for second round of cross-party talks, with the aim of building consensus in a fractured parliament. But the event is marked by the notable absence of key members of the opposition who declined the invitation to attend. IMAGES