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President of the United States, Joe Biden, meets European leaders on a hectic day of diplomacy as Biden meets with Western leaders at emergency summits of NATO, the G7 group and the European Union in response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden touches down in Brussels ahead of taking part in NATO, G7 and EU Summits. He greets Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo on the tarmac. IMAGES
Under fierce questioning by reporters, US President Joe Biden hits back saying "my memory is fine". "Take a look at what I've done since I became president," he adds. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to visit the White House on Thursday. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam for a two-day visit to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. IMAGES
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