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The European Commission says it is recommending that EU countries give Bosnia candidacy status to join the bloc. SOUNDBITE
MEPs in Brussels give a standing ovation following their vote in favour of granting candidate status to Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia. IMAGES
EU Council President Charles Michel says he is confident Ukraine will be granted European Union candidate status at today's summit in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says her executive will "by the end of next week" finalise its opinion on whether Ukraine should be a candidate country to join the EU. "The discussions today will enable us to finalise our assessment by the end of next week," she tells Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv during a surprise visit. SOUNDBITE
Brussels is seeking to exclude Russian bank Sberbank from the SWIFT network, says Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the context of war in Ukraine and EU sanctions against Russia. 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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