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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will not allow the European Court of Human Rights to block the government's planned policy of deporting migrants to Rwanda. Speaking after the UK Supreme Court ruled the policy unlawful, he says he will introduce "emergency legislation" to designate Rwanda a safe country. "If the (European Court of Human Rights) chooses to intervene against the express wishes of parliament, I am prepared to do what is necessary to get the flights off" he says. SOUNDBITE
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomes his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak to Warsaw, with the British leader in the Polish capital for talks that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. Sunak's visit to Eastern Europe comes as Kyiv pleads with allies to ramp up supplies of ammunition and air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets soldiers stationed in Poland accompanied by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, with the UK leader on a diplomatic visit to Warsaw for talks that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. Sunak's visit to Eastern Europe accompanied by defence minister Grant Shapps comes as Kyiv pleads with allies to ramp up supplies of ammunition and air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron talks with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak via videoconference to celebrate 120 years since the Entente Cordiale. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by Northern Ireland's newly appointed First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly on arrival at Stormont Castle, after the restoration of power-sharing in Belfast on February 3. A pro-Irish unity politician, Sinn Fein's O'Neill made history by becoming the UK territory's first nationalist leader, and has predicted that the UK territory will hold a vote on unification with Ireland within the next decade. IMAGES