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The initial day of jury selection concluded in New York for the federal sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who faces allegations of prolonged abuse.

Six days of funeral tributes for former US president Jimmy Carter are currently underway as a motorcade carrying his remains passed by flag-waving mourners and made its way to Plains, Georgia, for a final visit to his childhood home.

The Council of the European Union has officially commenced Poland's six-month presidency, marked by an evening performance from musicians of the Polish National Opera at Warsaw’s Grand Theatre.

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump have hit the campaign trail, making their case to voters from Georgia to Pennsylvania, where early voting for the US presidential election has already begun.