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"What good does this mandate do when it failed so miserably to meet any of its objectives?", new Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon tells the press before the UN Security Council votes to extend the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a further year. He argues that the rocket attack that killed 12 teenage children in the Israeli annexed part of the Syrian Golan Heights at the end of July was "a direct result of the failure of UNIFIL and the Lebanese government" to implement the Council's resolutions. SOUNDBITE
Images of Prime minister Kaja Kallas in her party headquarters (Reform Party, centre-right) just before the vote results in Tallinn, Estonia, as the country voted on Sunday to elect its new parliament in an election that could strengthen the far-right nationalists, a party that campaigned on opposition to new arms shipments to Ukraine. IMAGES
On the last day of official campaigning for the first round of France's parliamentary elections, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne campaigns at a market in Vire, a town in the Normandy region, in the constituency of Calvados where Borne is running. IMAGES
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a final rally ahead of Sunday's general elections. The long-time nationalist faces a united opposition for the first time as he goes head-to-head against conservative politician Peter Marki-Zay. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold a protest near the Democratic National Convention venue, on the third day of the event. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is set to officially accept the nomination to be Kamala Harris's White House running mate and will address the crowd later Wednesday. IMAGES