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Chinese President Xi Jinping presides over the opening ceremony of the triennial Forum on China–Africa Cooperation. The summit is Beijing's biggest in years, with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education. IMAGES
China says it "poses no threat" to any country, after Australia's first National Defence Strategy signalled a new focus on deterring Beijing's "coercive tactics". "China poses no threat to any country," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian says in a briefing, urging Canberra to "refrain from making accusations against China at every turn". SOUNDBITE
Foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, pose during a family photo ahead of the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road forum in Beijing. IMAGES
The head of the International Energy Agency urges the United States and China to put aside their 'tensions' and align on climate change, warning in an interview that geopolitical fractures risked holding back the clean energy transition. Speaking at the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Fatih Birol told AFP that these international rifts, partly stoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are “becoming more and more pronounced”. SOUNDBITE
Timelapse of Place de l'Opera in Paris filled with demonstrators at the start of the third day of mobilisation against pension reform. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says that the bloc must act to address "distortions" created by Washington's $430-billion plan to spur climate-friendly technologies in the United States. The European Union must "take action to rebalance the playing field where the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) or other measures create distortions", von der Leyen says in a speech at the College of Europe in the Belgian city of Bruges. SOUNDBITE