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US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the justice system has been "weaponized" against Donald Trump as he addresses reporters outside the New York court where the former US president is standing trial over hush money payments to an adult film actress. "The system is using all the tools at its disposal right now to punish one president and provide cover for another," Johnson says. SOUNDBITE
Former US President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower for Manhattan criminal court, to attend his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City. IMAGES
Dozens of anti-Cuban regime activists chant "maximum penalty for Rocha" outside a federal courtroom in downtown Miami ahead of the sentencing at trial of former US ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, who is charged with spying for Cuba. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
Dozens of people protest outside the London High Court where a hearing for Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States is set to begin. The 52-year-old WikiLeaks founder is facing trial in the United States for publishing secret military and diplomatic files. If he loses, Assange will have exhausted all UK appeals and will enter the extradition process, although his team have indicated they will appeal to European courts. IMAGES
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