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US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledges that the agency failed in its mission to prevent the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. "We failed," Cheatle, who is facing calls to resign, says during her testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. SOUNDBITE
Security forces - secret services, state and local policemen - are seen outside the stadium where the Republican convention center is due to open on Monday, where Trump will be formally anointed as presidential candidate. IMAGES
US actor Alec Baldwin leaves the court in Santa Fe at the end of the first day of his trial for involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on the set of Western movie 'Rust'. IMAGES
Prince William arrives at Westminster Abbey to attend a service to mark Commonwealth Day, hours after his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales apologised and admitted to editing an official portrait of her released by Kensington Palace. Kate, 42, has not been seen in public since attending a Christmas Day church service, and underwent abdominal surgery in January, fuelling speculation about her health. News agencies AFP, Getty, the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters had earlier pulled the photograph, said to have been taken by her husband Prince William of his wife with their three children, over the modifications. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for a further extension to a truce that has paused fighting between Hamas and Israel in Gaza for seven days, as the hours ticked down to its expiry. "Clearly, we want to see this process continue to move forward," he tells reporters in Tel Aviv following a visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank. "We want an eighth day and beyond." SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.