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Thousands of NATO troops hit the ground in Poland in a massive show of force as the alliance launches its biggest war games in eastern Europe since the Cold War. IMAGES
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
Angolan president, Joao Lourenco, hosts talks in Luanda to discuss the rising tensions in eastern DRC with their neighbours, Rwanda. Several heads of state can be seen arriving, including the President of Burundi and former president of Kenya. Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president was not in attendance, instead Vincent Biruta, minister for foreign affairs represented the country at the summit. Eastern DRC has witnessed fierce fighting in recent months between Congolese troops and the M23 rebel group, prompting the East African Community (EAC) bloc to deploy a joint regional force to quell the violence. IMAGES
Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti publishes images of the UK ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arriving at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters. Protesters shout "Britain is a terrorist state" as she arrives, while Moscow maintains its claims that British navy personnel were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. IMAGES
A paramedic tends to a young Palestinian injured during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians amid rising tensions in the West Bankcity of Ramallah. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI32KM7NQ_EN
Ukraine holds military drills in Rivne, near the Belarusian border. Russia says military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea have ended and that soldiers are returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback from Ukraine's borders. IMAGES
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