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Images outside UK Supreme Court in London ahead of a ruling on whether a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful, which the Conservative government argues is crucial to reduce small boat arrivals across the Channel. IMAGES
The United States makes history as the Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. The upper chamber of Congress erupts in applause as the 51-year-old is approved by a vote of 53 to 47 that ensures white men will not be the majority on the nation's high court for the first time in 233 years. IMAGES
"The president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court and certainly stands by that," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says, as several US news media outlets report that US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire. SOUNDBITE
The President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, submits the minutes of Venezuela's presidential election, in which President Nicolas Maduro was reelected, to the Supreme Court. IMAGES
Venezuelan presidential candidates walk into the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in Caracas after being summoned for a hearing regarding an appeal for the highest court to certify the election process. Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims to be the rightful winner, did not attend the hearing. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI368D7AV_EN
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, walk into the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas, where they join other presidential candidates who have been summoned. Venezuela's supreme court has summoned all candidates to a hearing following Maduro's request that it initiate a process to investigate and certify the election result. IMAGES