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US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Hiroshima, Japan, ahead of the G7 Summit where the heads of seven wealthy democracies are gathered to discuss tightening the screws on Russia's ailing economy as well as how to respond to China's growing military and economic power. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron urges the international community that "there can be no weakness, no spirit of compromise" facing Russia in a video address to participants in the Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv. "It's a matter of our freedom, for everyone, and of peace everywhere around the world," Macron added. SOUNDBITE
A motorcade transporting French President Macron arrives at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv. Emmanuel Macron meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a day after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, in a diplomatic effort to ease tensions in the region over Russia's military build-up on its border with Ukraine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv for talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during a week of intense Western diplomacy amid a major Russian military buildup on its southwestern frontier that has raised fears it could soon march into Ukraine. 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.
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