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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets Greek Oxthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constaninople in Istanbul. Tsipras earlier met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for talks to ease tensions over bilateral disputes and the long-running Cyprus problem. Tsipras is the first Greek premier to visit Turkey in six years. IMAGES of Tsipras arriving and meeting with Greek Oxthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constaninople, and of the religious service
Images show Chinese president Xi Jinping meeting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on the second, main day of his visit to Russia. During their meeting, Xi described Beijing and Moscow as "great neighbouring powers" and "strategic partners," saying China would "prioritise" ties with Russia. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson meets with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv. The British and Polish prime ministers are in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky, as Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the Hungarian leader in Moscow and has held a phone call with the Italian prime minister. Boris Johnson has warned on a trip to Kyiv that Russian forces massed on the border represented a "clear and present danger" to Ukraine as another burst of top-level diplomacy tries to head off a major conflict in Europe. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Corsica, ahead of a summit of Mediterranean states aiming to coordinate a tougher strategy towards Turkey that could include sanctions. IMAGES
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on the second day of his visit to the region. Subtitled Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo for talks at Downing Street, with law enforcement, migration and energy cooperaton among matters on the table. The talks come as Britain and the US launched a second round of joint military strikes on Yemen's Huthis on Red Sea shipping, the Israel-Gaza conflict and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE