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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Chancellery with a military honours ceremony in his first trip to Berlin since becoming prime minister 18 months ago. Discussions are expected to focus on Ukraine, defence spending levels, and a push by Germany to bolster NATO's air defences in Europe amid Russia's relentless missile strikes on Ukraine. IMAGES
Images at the start of the trial against Bjorn Hoecke, head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, who appears in court for publicly using a banned Nazi slogan. He stands accused of twice using the phrase "Alles fuer Deutschland" ("Everything for Germany"), once a motto of the so-called Sturmabteilung paramilitary group that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power. IMAGES
French, German Foreign Ministers and top EU officials are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Sudan. France is hosting the conference and seeking contributions from the international community, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES
European officials arrive at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris as France hosts an international conference on Sudan, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin promises that the "United States will not let Ukraine fail" at the opening of a meeting of Ukraine's international supporters in Germany, even as further aid remains stalled in Congress and Kyiv's forces face shortages of munitions. SOUNDBITE