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NATO foreign ministers meet for the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers' session. One of the issues on the agenda is military aid to Kyiv. It comes on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexico's Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena hold a press conference in Mexico City, following high-level security talks helds at the National Palace. IMAGES
Pope Francis shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron before a bilateral meeting as part of his two-day visit to Marseilles to discuss migration and the Mediterranean. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin is welcomed by UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman for a meeting at Britain's National Crime Agency in London about the issue of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats from France to England. This has proved a major bone of contention in post-Brexit relations between Paris and London, though in comments at the start of the meeting the Home Secretary praises recent cooperation. IMAGES
European interior ministers gather for crisis talks in Brussels called by Paris as an ugly row between France and Italy over how to handle would-be refugees forces EU migration reform back onto their agenda. New arrival numbers haven't yet hit the levels of 2015 and 2016, but European capitals are concerned about new pressure on sea routes from North Africa and overland through the western Balkans. IMAGES
A 45-year-old Vietnamese man is sentenced to 15 years in prison for playing a leading role in the smuggling of migrants which resulted in the death of 39 of his compatriots in the UK, in a container, in 2019. IMAGES
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