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Family photo of the leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries for a meeting in Malta with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, for talks set to focus on migration. The summit comes a day after EU interior ministers finally made headway on new rules for how the bloc handles asylum seekers and irregular migrants. IMAGES
Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold a roundtable meeting at the opening of a summit on migration in Vienna. IMAGES
The heads of state of the 27 European Union countries and the leaders of the EU's institutions hold a roundtable meeting in Brussels for a European Council summit to discuss the war in Ukraine, migration and a response to the US's massive subsidy plan, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces new humanitarian aid to migrants and refugees in the Americas, on a visit to Peru. Blinken is on a regional tour that has taken him to Colombia, Chile and now Lima, where he is attending the annual meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says Brussels will not pay to build barriers on the bloc's borders to keep out migrants, despite demands from a string of countries. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a summit of southern EU leaders that is set to focus on climate change and "security challenges" including migration and the Afghan crisis. IMAGES