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Labour leader Keir Starmer launches his party's manifesto at an event in Manchester, calling it "a manifesto for wealth creation, a plan to change Britain". Early on in his speech a protester interrupts, saying the party was offering "the same old Tory policies". Starmer replies: "We gave up on being a party of protest five years ago. We want to be a party of power". SOUNDBITE
Poland's Prime Minister and former President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, reacts at the centrist Civic Coalition's (KO) headquarters in Warsaw as polls close for the European elections. IMAGES
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds its closing rally for presidential candidate and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, on the eve of an election that China has warned could take the island of 23 million people closer to war. Tens of thousands of people have flocked to noisy rallies of the main candidates as they make a last push for votes. IMAGES
Former minister Amir Ohana was elected as speaker of Israel's parliament, the first openly gay occupant of the post in the country's history. IMAGES
Thousands of people gather along the beach in Tel Aviv to participate in the Gay Pride parade as they hold rainbow flags and march through the city. IMAGES