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British Prime minister, EU Commission President Juncker and Chief EU negotiator Barnier arrive in Luxembourg for talks six weeks before Johnson is due to lead Britain out of the European Union. Downing Street has confidently billed the Luxembourg visit as part of efforts to negotiate an orderly divorce from the union before an October 17 EU summit. IMAGES
EU foreign ministers will hold urgent talks on the situation in Israel and Gaza after Hamas militants launched a surprise assault, says spokesperson for the external affairs of the EU Peter Stano. SOUNDBITE
Senior US officials led by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hold a press conference alongside Mexican authorities in Mexico City during talks on tackling drug smuggling and migrant flows, amid signs of diplomatic frictions over a US plan to extend a controversial border wall. SOUNDBITE
Colombian president Gustavo Petro attends the third round of peace talks in Havana to announce a six-month ceasefire pact with the ELN guerrilla in pursuit of ending decades of conflict in the South American country. IMAGES
The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia kick off the latest round of EU-led talks as the long-time rivals come under increasing pressure to strike a deal to normalise ties. Images show Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, and Kosovo Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, holding separate bilateral talks with Josep Borrell, the EU's representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Ohrid, North Macedonia. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko hold bilateral talks in Minsk in a room full of delegates, which included the defence ministers of both nations. IMAGES