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Greece sends a first wave of migrants back to Turkey under an EU deal that has faced heavy criticism from rights groups. IMAGES
The EU and Turkey have agreed on a new plan that aims at curbing the huge influx of refugees into the EU.
The EU's home affairs commissioner says that Turkey should "urgently" resume accepting hundreds of migrants from Greece as bloc chiefs prepared to visit Ankara. SOUNDBITE
Greece and France sign a 2.5-billion-euro ($3 billion) warplane deal as part of a burgeoning arms programme to counter Turkish challenges in the eastern Mediterranean. France has strongly backed Greece in a standoff with Turkey over natural gas resources and naval influence in the waters off their respective coasts. The deal will see Greece buying 18 Rafale jets, 12 of them used, made by French firm Dassault to bolster its forces during their regular mid-air skirmishes with Turkish pilots over disputed Aegean airspace. IMAGES
French Defence Minister Florence Parly arrives in Athens to oversee the signing of a landmark Rafale warplane deal between Greece and France, part of a burgeoning arms programme by Athens to counter recurring Turkish challenges in the eastern Mediterranean. IMAGES
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