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Hard-left LFI MP Rachel Keke stands up in the French parliament with a Palestinian flag, repeating the gesture made by her colleague Sebastien Delogu last week, which led to the suspension of the session. Ecologists, communists and France Unbowed MPs wore black, red, white and green, the colours of the Palestinian flag, in a show of support for this people. IMAGES
French parliament suspended lef-wing MP Sebastien Delogu after he held up a Palestinian flag during a heated debate over whether France should recognise Palestinian statehood, in violation of the House's rules. A member of parliament for the radical left France Unbowed (LFI) party from the southern city of Marseille, he has been suspended from the Assembly for two weeks and will lose half of his parliamentary allowance for two months. The sanction recommended by the Assembly's executive committee was approved by the majority, the right and the far right, with the left largely voting against in a "show of hands" in the Chamber. (COMPLETES VIDI34U796F_EN) IMAGES
LFI supporters gathered at Place Stalingrad in Paris burst into joy at the announcement of the results of the second round of the French general election, with the left wing expected to win between 172 and 215 seats according to initial estimates IMAGES
A group of re-elected MPs from the ultra-left France Unbowed (LFI) arrive at the National Assembly behind their leader, Mathilde Panot, the day after the first round of the legislative elections. 32 New Popular Front (NFP) MPs were elected in the first round, including 20 from France Unbowed, compared to 39 for the far-right RN and its allies. IMAGES
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, elected in the first round of the French general election in her fiefdom of Pas-de-Calais, leaves the RN headquarters in Paris at the end of a meeting of her party's executive committee. (COMPLETES VIDI36273P6_EN) IMAGES
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.
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