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US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives at the Philippines' Department of National Defense for talks on Thursday. The two countries announced a deal to give US troops access to another four bases in the Southeast Asian nation, as the longtime allies seek to counter China's military rise. IMAGES
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says "we can all do more", responding to a German journalist's question about whether or not Germany was doing enough to show real leadership in Europe, at the end of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, at Ramstein Air Base. SOUNDBITE
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary general, shakes hands with Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense, on the second day of the meeting of NATO member state Ministers of Defence. SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Seoul National Cemetery with his South Korean counterpart Suh Wook and attends a wreath-laying ceremony. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are in South Korea on the second leg of an Asian tour to bolster a united front against the nuclear-armed North and an increasingly assertive China. 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.