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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives at the AI Safety Summit where she is greeted by UK counterpart Rishi Sunak before the pair hold a bilateral meeting. The two-day summit at Bletchley Park, north of London, kicked off on 1 November with the publication of an agreement signed by 28 countries and the European Union acknowledging the "need for international action." IMAGES
Military personnel can be seen outside the entrance of Niger's national television station in Niamey as the president, Mohamed Bazoum, remains detained by the presidential guard. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives on the Indonesian island of Bali for the G20 leaders' summit, the first since Russia invaded Ukraine. IMAGES
Firefighters and planes battle a wildfire in the natural reserve of Monte Catillo in Tivoli, near Rome. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze. An anticyclone dubbed Lucifer has swept across Italy sending temperatures soaring and is expected to continue for several days. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson gives Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British war veteran who became a national hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic, a round of applause in recognition of his record-breaking achievements. Moore raised nearly £33 million ($45 million, 37 million euros) for UK health service charities by completing 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday last April. Moore died in hospital in Bedford, southern England, after receiving treatment for pneumonia and testing positive for coronavirus. IMAGES
People in Rome sing the national anthem out of their windows as the country remains under lockdown over the new coronavirus outbreak. The virus, which first surfaced in China in December, has now killed more than 5,000 people, with cases around the world topping 134,000, according to an AFP tally. IMAGES