ECOWAS leaders gather to celebrate bloc's 50th anniversary
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the current head of the rotating ECOWAS presidency, and other officials gather in Lagos to celebrate 50 years since the bloc's formation. IMAGES
Accompanied by Brigitte Macron, Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ecuador's re-elected President Daniel Noboa and his wife to the Elysee Palace, ahead of a bilateral meeting between the two heads of state, as part of efforts to revive France's relationship with Latin America. IMAGES
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the current head of the rotating ECOWAS presidency, and other officials gather in Lagos to celebrate 50 years since the bloc's formation. IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls on India and Pakistan to engage in "dialogue" after the two exchanged heavy artillery fire across their contested border. "We are engaging urgently with both countries as well as other international partners, encouraging dialogue, de-escalation and the protection of civilians," Starmer says. SOUNDBITE
Police officers guard the entrance to the Fundacion Santa Fe clinic, in Bogota, where Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe is hospitalized after being shot. Thirty-nine-year-old Senator Miguel Uribe has successfully undergone initial surgery, according to authorities. He was speaking to supporters in the capital when a gunman shot him twice in the head and once in the knee before being detained. A security guard managed to detain the suspected attacker, a minor who is believed to be 15 years old. Uribe was airlifted to hospital in "critical condition" and underwent a "neurosurgical" and "peripheral vascular procedure," the Santa Fe Clinic in Bogota confirmed. IMAGES
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