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NATO's foreign ministers pose for a group photo at the end of the first day of talks at the US-led defence alliance's headquarters in Brussels debating the creation of a 100-billion-euro, five-year fund for Ukraine. The proposed fund is intended to help arm Kyiv in its fight with Russia. IMAGES
The new Palestinian government holds first meeting in West Bank's Ramallah. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas approved a new government last week led by Mohammed Mustafa, his long-trusted adviser on economic affairs, with representation also for women and Palestinians from Gaza. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives at the Ile-de-France Gendarmerie regional training centre, for a meeting with security forces over measures for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and in particular the security arrangements for the Olympic Torch Relay. IMAGES
La veuve de l'opposant russe Alexeï Navalny, Ioulia Navalnaïa, dit redouter des arrestations lors de ses funérailles qui auront lieu vendredi à Moscou. "Les funérailles auront lieu après-demain et je ne sais pas encore si elles seront paisibles ou si la police arrêtera ceux qui sont venus dire au revoir à Alexeï", déclare Ioulia Navalnaïa devant le Parlement européen à Strasbourg. SOUNDBITE
Protesting farmers set fire to tyres and block roads with their tractors on the sidelines of a meeting of European agriculture ministers in Brussels. Farmers across the continent have been protesting for weeks over what they say are excessively restrictive environmental rules, competition from cheap imports from outside the European Union and low incomes. IMAGES