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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed to Les Invalides in Paris with military honours by France's Armed Forces Minister, Sebastien Lecornu. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed with military honours by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Castle. Macron is in Berlin on the first state visit to Germany by a French president in a quarter century, bringing a plea to defend democracy against nationalism at upcoming European elections. IMAGES
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Chancellery with a military honours ceremony in his first trip to Berlin since becoming prime minister 18 months ago. Discussions are expected to focus on Ukraine, defence spending levels, and a push by Germany to bolster NATO's air defences in Europe amid Russia's relentless missile strikes on Ukraine. IMAGES
Soldiers form a guard of honour at the funeral of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic. Six soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment, the successor to the one Moore served in during World War II, carry his coffin, draped with the Union Jack and his military cap and sword as 14 soldiers give a firing salute. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia is expected to land at the Madrid military airport in Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, after being granted political asylum, after a month in hiding in the crisis-hit South American country. IMAGES
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