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Images from the interministerial committee on the evacuation plan for French nationals in Niger, where some 600 French nationals currently reside. NO SOUND AT SOURCE, AT THE REQUEST OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IMAGES
The United Nations Assembly observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. "The United Nations is mobilizing to support emergency response and so let's work together in solidarity to assist all those hit by this disaster," said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The combined death toll rose to more than 2,300 for Turkey and Syria on Monday from the region's strongest earthquake in nearly a century. IMAGES
Russian, Iranian and Turkish Foreign ministers arrive in Geneva where they will meet the UN's Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. IMAGES
British ministers arrive at 10 Downing Street on Thursday where Prime Minister Theresa May holds an emergency cabinet meeting to define UK's response to the suspected chemical attack in Syria. IMAGES
The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the situation in Syria, whose government has denied it possesses chemical weapons and branded the use of such arms "immoral and unacceptable." The statement from Damascus comes after French President Emmanuel Macron warned his country would launch strikes if proof emerged that the Syrian regime had used banned chemical weapons against its civilians. IMAGES