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The European Parliament overwhelmingly backs a motion saying Brexit talks have not made enough progress to unlock the next phase of negotiations. IMAGES
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali shake hands after a two-hour meeting in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. There was no immediate news on the outcome of talks about Caracas's claim on oil-rich Essequibo, which makes up more than two-thirds of neighboring Guyana. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lands in Oslo to meet with leaders of the five Nordic nations, key backers in Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion. With the counter-offensive launched by Ukraine in July failing to yield the anticipated results, Zelensky is trying to rebuild support among Ukraine's allies amid growing dissent. IMAGES
The defence of Europe without Ukraine would be a "futile task", Kyiv's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells the press as he arrives for a meeting of his North Atlantic Treaty Organization counterparts in Brussels. Speaking after greeting the US-led defence alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Kuleba adds that he believes the Ukrainian armed forces to now be currently "the strongest and the most battle-hardened army in Europe" as its war against Russia's invading forces drags on towards a third year. Kuleba and his NATO counterparts on Wednesday are set to agree on a plan for reforms aimed at helping Ukraine towards eventual membership in the alliance. IMAGES
Images of EU, Ukraine foreign ministers arriving for a meeting in Kyiv. The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has announced that all of the bloc's foreign ministers were for the first time meeting beyond its borders, in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. "We are convening a historic meeting of EU Foreign Ministers here in Ukraine, candidate country and future member of the EU. We are here to express our solidarity and support to the Ukrainian people," Borrell said in a statement on social media. IMAGES
Ahead of an informal dinner in Athens hosted by Greek premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis marking the twentieth anniversary of a 2003 Thessaloniki summit confirming the European perspective of Western Balkan states, leaders from the European Union and the Balkans pose for a group photo with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a guest. The Ukrainian leader is concluding a European tour with previous stops in Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark. IMAGES