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A column of smoke can be seen rising from the South African parliament building in Cape Town, with firefighters on the scene, after a major fire broke out. IMAGES
The President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher, conservative MP Laurent Wauquiez, and conservative Senator, Bruno Retailleau, arrive on foot at Matignon, where the newly appointed French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, begins his consultations to form a government. IMAGES
A group of re-elected MPs from the ultra-left France Unbowed (LFI) arrive at the National Assembly behind their leader, Mathilde Panot, the day after the first round of the legislative elections. 32 New Popular Front (NFP) MPs were elected in the first round, including 20 from France Unbowed, compared to 39 for the far-right RN and its allies. IMAGES
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella and then Eric Ciotti of the mainstream Republicans (LR) came to the Medef to present their programmes to employers' organisations, as did representatives of the other main parties in the run-up to the French general election. (COMPLETES VIDI34XT33W_EN) IMAGES
Heads of state and guests arrive as South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is set to be sworn in for a new five-year term as president at a ceremony in Pretoria, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a government coalition deal. IMAGES