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Thousands of protesters in Brussels demonstrate in support of the Iranian resistance movement, calling for action against Tehran's leaders as European Union foreign ministers meet. IMAGES
Thousands of Iraqis pour onto Tahrir Square in Baghdad in support of Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza in reprisal for a surprise Hamas attack. IMAGES
Several thousand people demonstrate in Paris in support of Iranian women. The protests follow the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman arrested in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothing" by the morality police. She died three days later in the hospital. IMAGES
A plane thought to be the one bound for Kigali as part of the UK government's controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda waits at the Boscombe Down military air field. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the first flight to Kigali, believed to be operated by Spanish charter firm Privilege Style, would take off, no matter how many people were on board. Only seven people are now due to be deported because of legal challenges and reviews of their cases -- well down on the 130 initially envisaged by the authorities. IMAGES
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi strongly condemns the British government's plan to send migrants who arrived illegally in the UK to Rwanda. "We believe that this is all wrong, this is all wrong this deal for so many different reasons", says Filippo Grandi during a press conference in Geneva, a day before the first UK-Rwanda flights are scheduled to take place. SOUNDBITE
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).
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