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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announces that the EU's executive arm will recommend that member states open formal membership talks with Bosnia. "The future of Bosnia and Herzegovina lies in our union," she says. SOUNDBITE
Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the EU backs the opening of membership talks with Albania and Macedonia, outlining plans to enlarge the bloc for the first time in years. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron talks with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak via videoconference to celebrate 120 years since the Entente Cordiale. IMAGES
On the last day of the French President's state visit to Brazil, Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met for a bilateral meeting at the presidential palace in Brasilia. More political subjects will be discussed, such as their disagreement over the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, alongside host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, watch a military honours ceremony ahead of talks on further European military backing for Ukraine. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal talks with shopkeepers as he visits the market in Royan, a seaside town on France's Atlantic coast, before meeting local representatives of farmers, who are still unhappy despite the assurances he has given them. IMAGES