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General Laura Richardson, commander of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), arrives at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador. A US government delegation, led by Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas to Joe Biden's administration, Christopher Dodd, is beginning a three-day visit to discuss plans for security cooperation between the two countries. IMAGES
The European Union's Defence and foreign affairs ministers arrive for doorsteps at the opening of an informal meeting in Toledo dominated by discussions of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the bloc's response to coups in Niger and Gabon. IMAGES
European interior ministers gather for crisis talks in Brussels called by Paris as an ugly row between France and Italy over how to handle would-be refugees forces EU migration reform back onto their agenda. New arrival numbers haven't yet hit the levels of 2015 and 2016, but European capitals are concerned about new pressure on sea routes from North Africa and overland through the western Balkans. IMAGES
British Ministers arrive for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing street after the publication of the ‘partygate’ report. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised after his government was criticised for "failures of leadership and judgment" in allowing lockdown-breaching parties at his offices. IMAGES
The UN nuclear watchdog's head says he "could not agree" in talks with Iranian officials to resolve disputes over the monitoring of the country's atomic programme, a day after returning from Tehran. SOUNDBITE