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Paraguayan police seizes 3,312 kilos of cocaine stashed in rice bags, bound from South America to Europe. The shipment is valued at 1.4 billion US dollars. IMAGES
The first European leaders arrive for roundtable discussions in Granada, at the third meeting of the European Political Community. Those shown arriving include Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Hungarian President Viktor Orban and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. IMAGES
People walk on the Puerta del Sol, a public square, in Madrid where the temperature is nearing 40 degrees Celsius, as Spain issues hot weather red alerts for three regions due to the "extreme" danger posed by scorching temperatures. Weather agency Aemet said temperatures would hit highs between 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) and 42 degrees across much of the drought-stricken country. The heat is expected to be even worse in the eastern regional of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands where thermometers could reach 44 degrees Celsius. IMAGES
Images from the Uruguayan Interior Ministry showing drug enforcement officers searching a suitcase in the Carrasco International Airport after 6.5 kg of cocaine was seized from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Madrid. IMAGES
At a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, United States President Joe Biden announces that the US is to enhance its "force posture" in Europe, consisting of US military air, sea, land reinforcements on the continent in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urges the alliance's leaders heading to a summit in Madrid to keep up their backing for Ukraine as it faces "a brutality which we haven't seen in Europe since the Second World War." SOUNDBITE