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The EU's head of diplomacy Josep Borrell calls for an end to "further escalation of violence and to eternal interference" in Libya, following a Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemns the "immorality committed against the Christian world" at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, and announces his intention to call Pope Francis on the subject. "I will call the Pope at the first opportunity to share with him the immorality committed against the Christian world and against all Christians. The Olympic Games have been used as a tool of perversion that corrupts human nature", says the head of state before a meeting of his party. SOUNDBITE
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne holds talks with his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz during a meeting in Jerusalem. IMAGES
France's top diplomat Stephane Sejourne meets with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib during his second visit to the country since cross-border tensions with Israel flared on the back of the war in Gaza. IMAGES
European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell gives a press conference in Capri, Italy, ahead of the Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting in which he says that the Western countries "have to take quicker decisions in order to support Ukraine more because we cannot afford Putin's victory in Ukraine." SOUNDBITE