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EU foreign chief Josep Borrell says that EU ministers have decided on "a set of targeted measures" against Myanmar's military rulers over this month's coup. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden calls on Myanmar's military to "relinquish power" in the Southeast Asian nation and release the government officials and activists detained in this week's coup. "There can be no doubt: in a democracy, force should never seek to overrule the will of the people or attempt to erase the outcome of a credible election," Biden says in his first major foreign policy speech as president. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden will halt Donald Trump's move to withdraw some 12,000 US troops from Germany, the new administration's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters at the White House. SOUNDBITE
More than 1,000 people line up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people seek to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service. IMAGES
Streets in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon are quieter than usual, with a heavy military presence in parts of the city where soldiers stand guard at checkpoints and patrol in trucks, as the nation marks the third anniversary of a 2021 coup d'etat. Opponents of the military have called for people to stay indoors in a "silent strike" against the coup. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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