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NATO foreign ministers hold a roundtable meeting during a summit in Brussels. IMAGES of the top of the meeting.
France's Emmanuel Macron arrives in Malta where the leaders of seven southern European countries will be meeting to seek agreement on a range of issues a week ahead of a crucial Brussels summit to choose who gets the EU's top jobs. 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
Foreign ministers from NATO's members states are joined by Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba ahead of a meeting in Brussels on the war in Ukraine. Kuleba has called on NATO members to provide Kyiv with all the heavy weaponry it needs to fight Russia's invading forces. IMAGES
Dutch Prime minister Mark Rutte says he's 'cautiously optimistic' that the EU and UK will manage to secure a deal before the Brexit deadline at the end of the year. Rutte and his RENEW political counterparts, including Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin, European Council President Charles Michel and Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, arrive in Brussels for a meeting on the sidelines of the EU summit. IMAGES
Some European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, are holding a meeting on Friday morning following an agreement on Brexit between the European Union and the United Kingdom at the EU Summit in Brussels. IMAGES
EU Council chief Donald Tusk announces that all 28 leaders of European Union governments will meet on May 28 to launch the process of choosing a new head of the EU Commission and other top posts. SOUNDBITE