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Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti publishes images of the UK ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arriving at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters. Protesters shout "Britain is a terrorist state" as she arrives, while Moscow maintains its claims that British navy personnel were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. IMAGES
Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's backbench 1922 Committee, announces that Rishi Sunak and Liza Truss have made it to the final ballot of Conservative members to decide who will replace Boris Johnson as the next party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with Penny Mordaunt knocked out. Sunak led the last of five ballots of Tory lawmakers, winning 137 votes, ahead of Truss on 113, while junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated after getting 105 votes. IMAGES
British Prime minister Boris Johnson meets with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv. The British and Polish prime ministers are in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky, as Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the Hungarian leader in Moscow and has held a phone call with the Italian prime minister. Boris Johnson has warned on a trip to Kyiv that Russian forces massed on the border represented a "clear and present danger" to Ukraine as another burst of top-level diplomacy tries to head off a major conflict in Europe. IMAGES
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
Members of the Palestinian civil defence extinguish fires at homes reportedly set ablaze by Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Turmusayya, amid tensions following a shooting attack near the Israeli settlement of Eli. IMAGES
Angolan president, Joao Lourenco, hosts talks in Luanda to discuss the rising tensions in eastern DRC with their neighbours, Rwanda. Several heads of state can be seen arriving, including the President of Burundi and former president of Kenya. Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president was not in attendance, instead Vincent Biruta, minister for foreign affairs represented the country at the summit. Eastern DRC has witnessed fierce fighting in recent months between Congolese troops and the M23 rebel group, prompting the East African Community (EAC) bloc to deploy a joint regional force to quell the violence. IMAGES
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