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French president Emmanuel Macron chairs a defence council at the Elysée Palace in Paris as Russia's offensive continues in Ukraine. It comes after Russian president Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons. Europe is now set to supply arms to Kiev. IMAGES
French so-called "non-essential" shops should soon find out whether they can reopen or not: a Defence council starts at the Elysee Palace, where President Macron and his ministers are expected to take several decisions, two weeks after the start of a second lockdown and before a new PM presser later in the day. IMAGES
The UN Security Council starts a meeting at Russia's request to discuss air strikes launched by the United States, France and Britain on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack. IMAGES
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has told parliament that the UK should consider authorizing air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, saying, "We are engaged in a fight that will last a generation". Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Emergency crews work overnight amid smoking debris at the site of deadly Israeli strikes on the Iranian consulate in Damascus which killed a top Revolutionary Guard commander among seven members of the force, according to Syrian and Iranian officials. IMAGES