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Emmanuel Macron arrives in Mauritania for the Sahel summit, welcomed on his descent from the plane by the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani. Along with four other presidents of Sahel countries, they are to take stock of their common struggle against the region's jihadists. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a visit to Germany, says he sees all faiths as equal and rejects suggestions that his attacks on Israel have anti-Semitic undertones. "If there was a struggle against anti-Semitism, I was the first leader in the world to lead that struggle," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
Family photo of the leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries for a meeting in Malta with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, for talks set to focus on migration. The summit comes a day after EU interior ministers finally made headway on new rules for how the bloc handles asylum seekers and irregular migrants. IMAGES
Leaders gather for a photo at a summit between the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the first to be held since 2015. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet with business leaders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron launches "a coalition of champions for the financing of natural capital" at the Elysée Palace, in the presence of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, World Bank President Ajay Banga and US Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry. IMAGES