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Hamas signs an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including rivals Fatah, which it describes as an agreement to work together for "national unity". IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, to the Elysée Palace for ‘an overview of the preparations for the Paris Games’, which begin in ten days' time,. The pair were joined by the President of the Olympic Games Organising Committee, Tony Estanguet. IMAGES
On the quays of the Seine in Paris, the clock showing the countdown to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games hits the symbolic 30 day mark. IMAGES
Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, who is also the chief executive of QatarEnergy signs a deal with Shun-Chin Lee, Chairman of the CPC Corporation Taiwan for Qatar to supply the Taiwan-headquartered CPC with natural gas for 27 years. Qatar will supply four million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said in a statement, without disclosing the cost of the agreement. IMAGES
The EU gives the final green light to a landmark overhaul of its migration and asylum policies that will see hardened borders and responsibility shared among member states. SOUNDBITE
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip "only have enough fuel to run health services...for three more days" says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who blames closed border crossings for the shortage. "Fuel that we expected to be allowed in today has not been allowed in" he says, explaining that, if supplies are not able to get into Gaza, the WHO "cannot sustain our life-saving support." SOUNDBITE