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Hamas hands over 21-year-old French-Israeli hostage Mia Shem and 40-year-old Amit Soussana to the Red Cross in Gaza City. Israel and Hamas agreed to extend by one more day a truce under which hostages are exchanged for Palestinian prisoners and aid flows into the war-devastated Gaza Strip. IMAGES
A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos shows an Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasting off from Kazakhstan amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. The Russian mission control confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit. IMAGES
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the bloc is waiting for "guarantees" from Mali's junta on issues such as human rights and the transition back to democratic elections, as it weighs the future of its military and civilian training missions after France's withdrawal. SOUNDBITE
Malians take to the streets en masse after the military junta called for protests against stringent sanctions imposed by the West Africa bloc ECOWAS over delayed elections. IMAGES
French officers hand over the keys to a military base in the Malian city of Timbuktu, after a nearly nine-year deployment. The French flag was lowered and the Malian flag raised in its place on the base, where a force of about 150 soldiers have remained after Paris began withdrawing troops in 2013. IMAGES