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BTS star Kim Seok-jin arrives by car at an army training center in Yeoncheon on Tuesday to start his mandatory South Korean military duty, the band's first member to enlist since a hiatus announcement this year left fans heartbroken over the K-pop band's uncertain future. IMAGES
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
Musicians Thomas and Jacques Dutronc arrive at the crematorium of the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris for a ceremony in tribute to Françoise Hardy, the emblematic figure of the Sixties who died aged 80. IMAGES
The Acropolis in Athens, Greece's most visited tourist site, shuts its ticket booth and closes to the public during the hottest hours of the day as a heatwave bakes the country. The culture ministry said the UNESCO-listed archaeological site would close from midday to 5:00 pm (0900 to 1400 GMT). IMAGES
K-pop megastar Jin from BTS was discharged from his South Korean military service on Wednesday. Jin is the first member of the band to complete the mandatory duty, freeing him up to fully resume musical activities. The seven members of the world's most popular boy band have been performing their service -- which South Korea requires of all men under 30, due to tensions with the nuclear-armed North -- with the K-pop juggernaut on a self-described "hiatus" since 2022. IMAGES
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