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Italians went to the polls on Sunday in one of the country's most uncertain elections ever, with far-right and populist parties expected to make major gains and Silvio Berlusconi set to play a leading role. IMAGES of Silvio Berlusconi voting in Milan
Journalists and police officers are waiting outside Downing Street in London as outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his replacement, Labour's Keir Starmer, are expected to hold speeches. The general election saw a landslide victory for the Labour Party, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. IMAGES
France's main employers' organisation, the MEDEF, is holding hearings with party and coalition leaders ahead of the snap parliamentary elections. The leader of the centrist Horizons party, Edouard Philippe, is the first to be heard. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather in Berlin to protest against the far right a day before European elections IMAGES
With one week to go to the European Parliament elections, Jordan Bardella, head of France's far-right National Rally (RN) list, holds his final gathering in Paris, attended by around 5,000 supporters. IMAGES
The war in Gaza looms over the Eurovision Song Contest, with demonstrators again taking to the streets of the host city, Malmo, in Sweden, to protest against Israel's participation in today's event. Israel ranks with Croatia and Switzerland as one of the bookmakers' favourites to succeed Sweden and take home the colourful and kitschy competition watched by more than a hundred million people. IMAGES