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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal visits French Prime minister Élisabeth Borne a day before a solidarity conference in Paris. IMAGES
Polish Prime Minister Donal Tusk welcomes his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal in Warsaw for bilateral talks over farm imports. Polish farmers have been blocking border crossings with Ukraine since last month to protest at what they say is unfair competition from goods from the war-torn country. The border blockades and grain dispute have strained ties between the neighbours, even as Poland has shown staunch support for Ukraine since the Russian invasion. IMAGES
New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says an upcoming NATO summit in Washington is an opportunity for him "to make clear our unshakeable support" for the alliance and to "reiterate" Britain's backing of Ukraine. Speaking after his Labour Party secured a landslide election win, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, Starmer says "the first duty of my government is security and defence." SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal strolls through the centre of Dijon, in Burgundy's Cote-d'Or region, to lend his support to the majority candidates, just a few days before the first round of the early legislative elections. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal votes in the European elections at a school in Vanves, near Paris. The head of the ruling party's list for the June 9 polls Valerie Hayer has largely failed to score with the public in the campaign for the election where the French far-right appear set to score a victory in a major setback for the ruling Renaissance party of President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES