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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz give a press conference after talks in Moscow, the latest meeting in weeks of diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions over Ukraine. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Moscow for bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Confrontation between Washington and Tehran over the US killing of a top general and turmoil in Libya are set to dominate the talks. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold bilateral talks in Sofia as European Union leaders meet their Balkan counterparts to hold out the promise of closer links to counter Russian influence, while steering clear of openly offering them membership. IMAGES
On the last day of the French President's state visit to Brazil, Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met for a bilateral meeting at the presidential palace in Brasilia. More political subjects will be discussed, such as their disagreement over the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warns European leaders that Russia's Vladimir Putin would exploit any failure to agree to launch his country's EU membership talks. "People in Europe won't see any benefit if Moscow receives a pass from Brussels in the form of negativity towards Ukraine. Putin will surely use this against you personally and against all of Europe," Zelensky tells an EU summit by videolink. SOUNDBITE ++ TEXT 347R2JH
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).