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The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off on Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a major step in establishing Beijing as a leading space power. The Long March-2F rocket carrying three astronauts lifted off at 9:22 am local time (0122 GMT) in a cloud of smoke from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi desert. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, accompanied by their wives Brigitte Macron and Peng Liyuan, are greeted by folk dancers as they arrive at the high-altitude restaurant "L'Etape du Berger" on the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees mountains, where they are due to have lunch. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne welcomes Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Les Invalides in Paris, on the sidelines of an international summit for "a new global finance pact". IMAGES
President Xi Jinping and President Emmanuel Macron hold a meeting in Beijing, as the French leader seeks to dissuade China from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
The Vega rocket launches from Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket has two satellites on board for observing the Earth and natural phenomena, according to the video broadcast of the launch. IMAGES
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