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European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell gives a press conference in Capri, Italy, ahead of the Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting in which he says that the Western countries "have to take quicker decisions in order to support Ukraine more because we cannot afford Putin's victory in Ukraine." SOUNDBITE
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls his organization's Palestinian refugee agency the "backbone" of Gaza aid after several countries suspended funding over Israeli claims 12 UNRWA staffers participated in the October 7 attacks. SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization calls for a humanitarian corridor to be established into and out of the Gaza Strip, which has been placed under total siege by Israel. "WHO is calling for an end to the violence... a humanitarian corridor is needed to reach people with critical medical supplies," WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic tells a press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Humanitarian aid parcels are dropped over central Gaza, seen from Israel, during ongoing strikes on the Palestinian territory. The war has brought besieged Gaza to the brink of famine, UN and humanitarian officials say, reduced much of the territory to rubble and raised fears of broader conflict. IMAGES
France's top diplomat Stephane Sejourne meets with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib during his second visit to the country since cross-border tensions with Israel flared on the back of the war in Gaza. IMAGES
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).