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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas begin bilateral talks in the Turkish Capital Ankara. The Turkish presidency shares the images of the two leaders' first moments inside the Turkish president's palace where they are expected to hold a joint press conference after their meeting. IMAGES
G7 top diplomats meet in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa for talks focused on Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Discussions will set the stage for a leaders' summit in Hiroshima next month. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping begin "informal" talks as the Chinese leader begins a three-day visit to Moscow. The summit between the Russian president and the Chinese leader comes as China seeks to portray itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine conflict. IMAGES
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba begin talks in Turkey in the first such high-level contact since Moscow invaded its neighbour. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu mediates the talks. IMAGES
Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz begin in Moscow, the latest meeting in weeks of diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions over Ukraine. Scholz's meeting with Putin comes a day after he travelled to Kyiv to shore up support for Ukraine during talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. The meeting also follows a visit to Russia from French President Emmanuel Macron last week. IMAGES
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.