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The US Senate passes a major military aid package for Ukraine, with President Joe Biden vowing new arms supplies in the $61 billion measure will be delivered swiftly to the warzone as Russia makes battlefield gains. IMAGES
The French Senate adopted an immigration bill after it won the support of the far-right under Marine LePen. The bill, a flagship reform for President Macron, will be voted on at the Assembly later in the evening. SOUNDBITE
After a day of protests, Israeli lawmakers pass the first reading of a controversial bill aiming to prevent judges from ruling against the so-called Basic Laws, Israel's quasi-constitution. IMAGES
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a "victory" by campaigners. The senate upper house gives final approval -- by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions -- to changes to the marriage law allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot. IMAGES
"Putting the leaders of a democratic government on the same level as terrorists who have murdered is a comparison that I find outrageous and offensive," says Gerard Larcher, President of the French Senate, following a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz in Paris. IMAGES
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