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EU interior ministers meet to try and find consensus on how to help Afghanistan's neighbouring countries take in refugees fleeing the Taliban and prevent an influx of migrants comparable to 2015. The ministers are expected to approve a declaration that includes support for countries in the region to take in refugees from Afghanistan, which has been in Taliban hands since mid-August. IMAGES
EU leaders meet in Brussels for emergency talks over migration as Italy's new populist cabinet turned away another rescue ship, vowing no longer to shoulder Europe's migrant burden. IMAGES
NATO defence ministers hold a meeting in Brussels as the alliance debates how to maintain support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia despite ongoing delays in passing new US aid, which the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says was already hurting Kyiv's forces on the battlefield. The US Senate on Tuesday approved a $95 billion package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan by a comfortable margin, but House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Donald Trump ally, has refused to put it to a vote in the lower chamber. IMAGES
EU foreign ministers will hold urgent talks on the situation in Israel and Gaza after Hamas militants launched a surprise assault, says spokesperson for the external affairs of the EU Peter Stano. SOUNDBITE
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin is welcomed by UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman for a meeting at Britain's National Crime Agency in London about the issue of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats from France to England. This has proved a major bone of contention in post-Brexit relations between Paris and London, though in comments at the start of the meeting the Home Secretary praises recent cooperation. IMAGES