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Thousands welcome released Palestinians prisoners in Ramallah after they were freed from Israeli jails in a Hamas-Israel hostage deal. Israel's prison service said 39 Palestinian detainees were released under the terms of a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Speaking to media for the first time since her return to the UK, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman who was held in Iran for six years, says her relase 'should have happened six years ago', questioning why it took five British Foreign Secretaries to negotiate her freedom. IMAGES
Russians commemorate the killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya 15 years ago on President Vladimir Putin's birthday, as her newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, warns time has run out to punish the masterminds behind the murder. IMAGES
President Vladimir Putin visits the site where Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin landed after completing the legendary flight that made him the first man in space. Gagarin landed in a potato field in front of a five-year-old girl, Rita Nurskanova, and her grandmother in the southern city of Engels on the banks of the Volga River. A memorial now stands in the spot to honour the historic flight. IMAGES
"We let my brother die on the ground like a dog" says Assa Traoré recalled the story of his brother Adama at the start of a tribute demonstration to the young man who died shortly after his arrest at the end of a police chase in 2016. The march brings together thousands of people in the Val-d'Oise region of France who are demanding the truth about various cases of police violence. IMAGES
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