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Senior EU officials and Chinese leaders hold a video summit with tensions rising over new tariffs targeting Chinese firms and European disquiet at Beijing's assertiveness on the world stage. IMAGES
African leaders open a two-day summit of the African Union as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions. Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, AU Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat voiced alarm at the violence gripping many nations, both in Africa and other parts of the world. IMAGES
NATO defence ministers hold a meeting in Brussels as the alliance debates how to maintain support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia despite ongoing delays in passing new US aid, which the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says was already hurting Kyiv's forces on the battlefield. The US Senate on Tuesday approved a $95 billion package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan by a comfortable margin, but House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Donald Trump ally, has refused to put it to a vote in the lower chamber. IMAGES
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he arrives at COP28 in Dubai. IMAGES
Senior US officials led by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hold a press conference alongside Mexican authorities in Mexico City during talks on tackling drug smuggling and migrant flows, amid signs of diplomatic frictions over a US plan to extend a controversial border wall. SOUNDBITE
Indian PM Narendra Modi says that the entire world is "with Morocco" after an earthquake killed at least 296 people earlier Friday. SOUNDBITE