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Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Irish President Micheal D. Higgins at the Áras an Uachtaráin presidential residence in Dublin. IMAGES
United States President Joe Biden is welcomed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin, on a second day of a three-day trip to the Republic of Ireland. The 80-year-old president calls Ireland "part of my soul", and his visit includes trips to the hometowns of his 19th-century ancestors. IMAGES
On a visit to Dublin, Emmanuel Macron is welcomed at the presidential palace by his Irish counterpart Michael Higgins and his wife. The French president, who is counting on the future French presidency of the EU to boost his probable re-election campaign, makes his return to the European scene during this short one-day visit. IMAGES
Under fierce questioning by reporters, US President Joe Biden hits back saying "my memory is fine". "Take a look at what I've done since I became president," he adds. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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