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US President Donald Trump says he hopes to strike a 'magnificent' new trade deal with Britain. He was speaking at the United Nations General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
EU ministers move towards approving a free trade deal with Canada. But opposition towards a similar agreement with the United States appears to be growing at grass-roots level - and among some European leaders. Ciara Lee reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices hope for a deal to free hostages from Gaza but said more work was needed after briefing Israeli leaders on a Qatari-brokered proposal. IMAGES
French Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, and Agriculture Minister, Marc Fesneau, chair a committee to monitor the trade negotiations between supermarkets and their suppliers, which are intended to protect producers' incomes, against a backdrop of strong mobilisation by farmers across France. IMAGES
Kenya and the European Union sign a long-negotiated trade agreement to bolster the flow of goods between the two markets, in a first of such pacts with East Africa as Brussels pursues stronger economic ties with Africa. IMAGES
The Israeli cabinet meets in the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, as hopes mounted that Hamas could release dozens of hostages from war-torn Gaza after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a truce deal was the "right decision" and the militant group's leader and key mediator Qatar said an agreement was in sight. IMAGES