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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem. Blinken reiterated US opposition to an Israeli assault on the crowded Gaza city of Rafah in talks with Netanyahu, who has vowed to press ahead, a US official said. IMAGES
Britain's Prime Minister welcomes NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to 10 Downing Street, with Rishi Sunak saying the UK remains "extremely committed to the alliance" and Stoltenberg saying he is "absolutely certain" that NATO can continue to count on the United Kingdom in a world that is "more contested" by "authoritarian regimes." IMAGES
The US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, says NATO allies 'will not slam the door shut on NATO's open door policy' following Russia-NATO meeting in Brussels. Sherman insisted NATO is 'solely' a defensive alliance and that has never expanded through 'force or coercion or subversion'. SOUNDBITE
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street in London. IMAGES
UK leader Rishi Sunak arrives in Warsaw for talks with Polish premier Donald Tusk and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. While in Poland's capital, the British prime minister will announce £500 million ($617 million) in additional military funding for Kyiv in its more-than two-year battle against Russia's full-scale invasion, according to his Downing Street office. IMAGES
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).