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Jul 12

Shinzo Abe -- Japan's longest-serving prime minister

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📹 People in Tokyo queue with flowers to pay their final respects to Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple, where a private funeral is to be held

Family and friends of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe gather at a Tokyo temple for a private funeral.

Although the funeral rites were for family members and close associates only, crowds of people came to the Zojoji temple to pay respects

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VIDEO: The hearse carrying the body of Shinzo Abe stops outside the prime minister's office in Tokyo as Japan mourns the former Japanese PM who was shot at close range in the city of Nara

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Jul 12

Ukraine warns Russian forces are preparing to intensify their fight for key cities in the Donbas.

President Volodymyr Zelensky bitterly accuses Canada of undermining sanctions against Moscow

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Iran is planning to supply hundreds of drones with combat weapon capabilities to Russia for use in Ukraine, a top US official says

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#BREAKING Ukraine says struck Russian ammunition depot in Kherson region

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Jul 11

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Tokyo to offer condolences over the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, a close US ally

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Taiwan tribute.

@AFP's Sam Yeh photographs the Taiwanese flag flying at half-mast in tribute to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei

Shooting of ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe.

#AFPGraphics factfile on what we know so far about the shooting of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe who died in hospital on July 8

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Jul 10

Former UK defence secretary Penny Mordaunt becomes the ninth Conservative MP to launch a bid to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as the already fractious race promptly focused on tax.
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Boris Johnson's possible successors: no clear favourite

The race to replace Britain's Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister is underway, with nine candidates already declared and more Tory MPs likely to join.

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#BREAKING UK foreign minister Liz Truss announces leadership bid

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Jul 10

The match starts. Nick Kyrgios could become one of Wimbledon's most controversial champions as he faces Novak Djokovic in a final set to showcase flamboyant shotmaking punctuated by likely dark mood swings.
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#BREAKING Novak Djokovic wins seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam

#UPDATE After Nick Kyrgios's challenge angrily unravelled, top-seed Novak Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to equal Pete Sampras's mark of seven titles at the All England Club and move within one of the men's record of eight held by Roger Federer.
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