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Speaking from the EU summit in Porto, Portugal, French President Emmanuel Macron urges the United States to end its de facto ban on coronavirus vaccine exports. Macron says that stopping the export ban is "the key to producing vaccines quickly for all poor and middle-income countries". SOUNDBITE
The European Union tightens its vaccine export control mechanism to prevent what it sees as an unfair one-way flow of vaccines out of the bloc. SOUNDBITE
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen threatens to curbs EU exports of Covid-19 vaccines to ensure "reciprocity" with other suppliers. SOUNDBITE
Healthcare workers administer polio vaccine drops to Gazan children in Deir el-Balah, as a polio vaccination campaign officially began in the Strip where the United Nations has announced "humanitarian pauses" to allow for large-scale innoculation. IMAGES
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Russia 'should not have' opted out of the grain export deal. "This should be restored as quickly as possible," he tells reporters at a press conference. "The bottom line is, it's unconscionable," Blinken said. SOUNDBITE