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French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Montpellier for the Africa-France summit, which no African head of state or official is attending. This summit will focus exclusively on the youth from Africa and France. IMAGES
Falmouth (UK), Jun 11 (EFE) .- (Camera: Clàudia Sacrest) The British authorities have established spaces in the towns of Truro and Falmouth where protests are allowed during the summit, although groups such as the environmentalist's Extinction Rebellion have warned that they will try to bring their demonstrations closer to the hotel where the leaders are staying.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST TO CLAIM THE LIBERALIZATION OF PATENTS SO THAT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN PRODUCE THEM; AND OF FRIDAY'S FOR FUTURE PROTEST AGAINST THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
African and G7 leaders gather for a family photo in Taormina, Sicily. At the two-day summit, leaders have found common cause on combatting terrorism but failed to find a common position on trade and climate change. IMAGES
African heads of state including Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe, and Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, join other senior officials and dignitaries for a family photo on the first day of a two-day African summit on counter-terrorism, aimed at looking for African-led solutions to the continent's security challenges. IMAGES
The United States has not been "not involved in any offensive operations", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says following reports that Israel had carried out revenge strikes on Iran. "On the first question, the reports that you've seen: I'm not going to speak to that except to say that the United States has not been involved in any offensive operations", Blinken tells a journalist at a press conference on the Italian island of Capri, adding that the G7 is focused on its "work to de-escalate from any potential conflict" in the Middle East. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses China of "fuelling" Russia's invasion of Ukraine through the transfers of dual use materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for use in Moscow's military expansion. "If China purports on the one hand to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it can't on the other hand be fuelling what is the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri where he had urged urged his European counterparts to increase pressure on Beijing. SOUNDBITE
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