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French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Beijing for a visit in which he hopes to dissuade China from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while also forging closer ties with a crucial trade partner. IMAGES
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Switzerland. Yellen said close communication between the United States and China on economic issues is vital, ahead of the meeting. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to Marseille, arrives at a primary school on the first day of the new school year, with Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and Socialist Mayor Benoît Payan. Macron is later expected to announce plans for major investment in Marseille, France's second city but one which has been beset by drug crime, gangland shootings and poor infrastructure. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets with Catholics at St Peter's Church in Bangkok on the final full day of his visit to Thailand. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Russia for a three-day state visit to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that had benefitted from Moscow's isolation from the West. IMAGES of Jinping's arrival at Moscow airport Vnukovo 2
Japan is scrambling fighter jets at a rate not seen since the height of the Cold War to ward off incursions from a newly assertive Russia and from China’s aggressive exertion of sovereignty in the East China Sea.