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Added on the 02/02/2022 11:00:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
An Israeli delegation is in Riyadh for a UNESCO meeting, marking the country's first publicly announced visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit, for UNESCO's World Heritage Committee session, coincides with speculation about a potential normalisation of ties between the two countries in future. IMAGES
With three days to go before the first round of the legislative elections, French president Emmanuel Macron visits the Gaillac gendarmerie brigade in the Tarn, where he will discuss local "safety" concerns. IMAGES
Paul Tshisekedi, the president of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) receives Rwandan president Paul Kagame in Goma during a rare visit in which the leaders are expected to discuss the damage caused by the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano, the security situation in eastern DRC and the signing of trade agreements. IMAGES
Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where an American atomic bombing during World War Two killed more than 140,000 people. Yiming Woo reports.
A cruise ship from the U.S. heads across the strait separating the two countries for the first time in 60 years, in another sign of the renewed ties between the two Cold War enemies. Diane Hodges reports.
G7 ministers visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, including John Kerry, who has become the first U.S. Secretary of State to do so. Rough cut (no reporter narration).