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Heads of state from member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrive in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to discuss the situation in Niger, which has been under sanctions for seven months, at a new extraordinary summit of the regional organisation. IMAGES
Two hostages with Russian citizenship Yelena Trupanov, 50, and 73-year-old Irena Tati who were freed by Hamas, arrive by helicopter at Israel's Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan. IMAGES
Drivers sound their horns and pedestrians applaud as ambulances transporting released hostages drive by, next to the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. IMAGES
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at the State House in Nairobi for a state banquet hosted by President William Ruto. It is King Charles's first tour of an African and Commonwealth nation since becoming king last year and comes just weeks before Kenya celebrates the 60th anniversary of independence in December. Buckingham Palace has said the king will address historic "wrongs" during decades of colonial rule. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that he spoke to five US citizens freed from Iran after they landed in Qatar in a swap. "Five of the seven, of course, had been unjustly detained, imprisoned in Iran, some for years, two others had been prevented from leaving Iran," Blinken tells reporters in New York. SOUNDBITE