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EU Council President Charles Michel says the bloc is ready to embark on trade talks with Britain and will do the utmost to protect European priorities after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resounding election victory. SOUNDBITE
British Prime minister, EU Commission President Juncker and Chief EU negotiator Barnier arrive in Luxembourg for talks six weeks before Johnson is due to lead Britain out of the European Union. Downing Street has confidently billed the Luxembourg visit as part of efforts to negotiate an orderly divorce from the union before an October 17 EU summit. IMAGES
French leader Emmanuel Macron backs the idea of a month of further talks to find a solution to Brexit while ruling out major compromises as he met British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for talks on Thursday. IMAGES of their meeting and of Johnson leaving the French president's residence
"I think we can get a deal and a good deal": in Paris, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells French leader Emmanuel Macron that he thinks he can get a deal on Brexit, saying he had been "powerfully encouraged" by talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. IMAGES
A plane transporting released Huthi prisoners takes off from Aden airport towards Sanaa as the three-day exchange of prisoners between cities in Yemen and its oil-rich neighbour, Saudi Arabia begins. Nearly 900 prisoners from Yemen's civil war will be exchanged in the biggest prisoner swap since 2020, after a delegation from Saudi Arabia, which launched a military intervention in 2015, held talks with Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels this week in an attempt to end hostilities. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.