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Greek business owners say the failure to agree an aid-for-reforms deal with international lenders will be the final blow to the country's stuttering economy. Hayley Platt looks at the impact on two businesses in Nikaia a suburb of Athens.
During a UN press briefing, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk, says that countries with "influence" on the Myanmar military must do all they can to protect "all civilians in the Rakhine State and prevent another episode of horrendous persecution of the Rohingya." SOUNDBITE
China says it "poses no threat" to any country, after Australia's first National Defence Strategy signalled a new focus on deterring Beijing's "coercive tactics". "China poses no threat to any country," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian says in a briefing, urging Canberra to "refrain from making accusations against China at every turn". SOUNDBITE
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne in Beijing, as the two countries mark 60 years of diplomatic relations and seek to strengthen ties. IMAGES
The River Garonne is slightly overflowing in Bordeaux, flooding cycle paths along the quays, while the Gironde department in south-west France is under an orange flood warning for Monday. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).