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Images showing Ede's city centre cordoned off and emergency services deployed following the hostage situation. Authorities evacuated the centre of the town, located in central Netherlands, early in the morning after several people were held at Cafe Petticoat. Three of the hostages being held in the cafe have been released, police said, but did not yet sound the all-clear. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro's Mayor, Eduardo Paes, hands over the keys of the city to Rei Momo, the king of carnival, to mark start of the festivities. IMAGES
French Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, and Agriculture Minister, Marc Fesneau, chair a committee to monitor the trade negotiations between supermarkets and their suppliers, which are intended to protect producers' incomes, against a backdrop of strong mobilisation by farmers across France. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel to allow "the UN to carry out an assessment mission" in northern Gaza "to determine "what needs to be done to allow displaced Palestinians to return safely to the north" during a press conference in Tel Aviv. SOUNDBITE
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali shake hands after a two-hour meeting in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. There was no immediate news on the outcome of talks about Caracas's claim on oil-rich Essequibo, which makes up more than two-thirds of neighboring Guyana. IMAGES
Hamas and Islamic Jihad gunmen hand over hostages to the Red Cross in Rafah as part of the Hamas-Israel hostage exchange deal. IMAGES