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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed in Dubai at the start of his two-day Gulf tour. The UAE signed a record 14-billion-euro contract for 80 French-made Rafale warplanes and committed billions of euros in other deals as Macron kicked off his Gulf tour. IMAGES
Saudi Arabia's crown prince kicks off his official visit to France, part of an image-building global tour, with a visit to Matignon, the residence of the French Prime Minister. IMAGES
The Turkish president's visit to the Gulf Arab state represents a major reset of relations between two regional heavyweights following the Saudi columnist's killing in Istanbul in 2018.
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Ukrainian mothers and children at a centre in western France on Tuesday. About 3 million people have fled Ukraine, nearly half of them children, according to the UN refugee agency.
A Paris museum will on Wednesday hand back cultural artefacts that were looted from modern-day Bening during the colonial era, setting a precedent that will pressure other institutions to return stolen works. In a ceremony to be presided over by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Quai Branly museum will hand over to the republic of Benin 26 artefacts that were stolen from the Kingdom of Abomey in 1892. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports from Paris.