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French President Emmanuel Macron and his German counterpart Franck-Walter Steinmeier visit Oradour-sur-Glane to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the massacre of 643 people in this village in the Haute-Vienne region by Nazi troops, the majority of whom were women and children. IMAGES
Former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara is sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for crimes against humanity, for his responsibility in the 28 September 2009 massacre in Guinea. Seven other defendants were also sentenced to up to life imprisonment at the end of a historic trial that lasted nearly two years. IMAGES
President Volodymyr Zelensky says 75 Ukrainian military and civilian prisoners have returned from Russian captivity, with Russia confirming the same number had been exchanged of its own prisoners. "I'm happy that we could continue this work of freeing the captives," Zelensky says, speaking alongisde Nordic leaders during a summit in Sweden. SOUNDBITE
A night vigil is held at a ceremony in Kigali paying tribute to victims 30 years after the Rwandan genocide. The 100-day massacre at the hands of Hutu extremists started on April 7 in 1994 and claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. IMAGES
NATO foreign ministers meet for the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers' session. One of the issues on the agenda is military aid to Kyiv. It comes on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urges the United States to stick with Europe as the military alliance turned 75 on Thursday under the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the spectre of Donald Trump's possible return to power in the US. "I don't believe in America alone, just as I don't believe in Europe alone. I believe in America and Europe together in NATO because we are stronger and safer together," Stoltenberg says at a ceremony at NATO headquarters in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
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