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French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Elysee Palace in Paris for a working dinner, in a bid to break the deadlock ahead of an EU summit after the Hungarian leader threatened to block further backing for Ukraine. IMAGES
The four Prime ministers from the Visegrad group countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech republic, Slovakia) meet in Katowice, Poland. IMAGES
President of the European Council Charles Michel continues talks with EU leaders regarding the proposed longterm budget for the bloc. After a night of tough talks, leaders and diplomats poured doubt on the chances of reaching an agreement at this summit for the EU's seven-year post-Brexit budget. IMAGES
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold a roundtable meeting at the opening of a summit on migration in Vienna. IMAGES
President Joe Biden will still leave Wednesday for the G7 summit in Japan but is reevaluating the rest of his planned tour of Asia, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council John Kirby tells reporters, as the White House negotiates with Republican leaders to avoid a US debt default. Until now the president had planned to also visit Papua New Guinea and Australia after the G7 meeting in Hiroshima. SOUNDBITE