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Elazar Stern, Minister of Intelligence of the State of Israel, and Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, attend the first meeting in a decade of a frozen joint council. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid dialled in remotely for the EU-Israel Association Council talks. IMAGES
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah offers condolences to the victims of Paris attacks and says his group will retaliate against Islamic State to avenge the recent Beirut bombings. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a strike on an Iranian consular annex building in Syria one day earlier, Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari tells the Security Council, after the attack -- which Tehran has blamed on Israel -- killed at least 13 people. "Let me be very clear, the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises and personnel must be respected in all cases in accordance with international law," Khiari says. SOUNDBITE
The spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a strike on an Iranian consular annex building in Syria one day earlier. "The principle of inviolability of diplomatic and consulate premises and personnel must be respected in all cases in accordance with international law", says Stephane Dujarric on behalf of the UN chief. SOUNDBITE
The heads of state and government of the 27 member countries of the European Union meet for an EU Council summit in Brussels, with Antonio Guterres attending in his capacity as Secretary General of the United Nations. While the bloc's response to the conflict in Ukraine is set to dominate the summit, EU leaders are also looking for a united stance on the war in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. 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).
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