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European leaders gather in Brussels where they are set to approve guidelines on future relations with Britain and possibly approve post-Brexit transition period. IMAGES of the roundtable
Theresa May faces her first nationwide electoral test as Britain's prime minister on Thursday, as she toughens her Brexit position just weeks before a crucial general election. IMAGES
Iraqi security forces begin voting ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, two years after a wave of anti-government protests swept the war-scarred country, but analysts say the vote is unlikely to deliver major change. IMAGES
France's Les Republicains party hold a strategic committee meeting at the party headquarters in Paris, after a surprise agreement in the southern PACA region between the outgoing LR party member Renaud Muselier and Macron's La République en Marche party. IMAGES
Dutch Prime minister Mark Rutte says he's 'cautiously optimistic' that the EU and UK will manage to secure a deal before the Brexit deadline at the end of the year. Rutte and his RENEW political counterparts, including Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin, European Council President Charles Michel and Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, arrive in Brussels for a meeting on the sidelines of the EU summit. IMAGES
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen says "you can always count on us as we know, we can count on you", wishing Britain well after a vote in Brussels ratified the Brexit withdrawal deal. The United Kingdom will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time on Friday. IMAGES