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The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, congratulates Croatia on joining Europe's border check-free Schengen area but expresses disappointment after accession bids by Bulgaria and Romania were blocked in an EU ministers' meeting."You deserve to be full members of Schengen, you deserve to have access to the free movement in the Schengen area," she says. SOUNDBITE
A coach full of Ukrainians fleeing the war arrives at the Greece-Bulgaria border. Violence rages 12 days into the war between Russia and Ukraine, even as a third round of peace negotiations was starting on Monday and the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers eyed talks in Turkey later this week. IMAGES
The EU Migration Commissioner Ylva Johansson visits a mobile refugee camp at the Romanian/Ukrainian border. More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country on February 24th. IMAGES
An AFP team visits the Ukrainian border crossing between the Sumy region and Russia's Kursk region, filming a Ukrainian truck carrying blindfolded men in Russian military uniform travelling away from the Russian border. Ukraine’s army launched a surprise offensive into Kursk on August 6. IMAGES
Israel’s Iron Dome intercepts incoming missile at the border with Lebanon as regional tensions skyrocket over the war. Lebanese Hamas ally Hezbollah, which has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israeli troops throughout the Gaza war, has vowed retaliation for military chief Fuad Shukr's killing. IMAGES
Smoke billows as Israeli forces and Hezbollah trade cross-border fire. Hezbollah has traded near-daily fire with Israeli forces in support of ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza. IMAGES
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