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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
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says that she had raised "tough issues" with Chinese officials this week during talks in Beijing and Shanghai. SOUNDBITE
Thirteen members of Mexico's security services are freed after they were held hostage amid violent protests in the southern state of Guerrero, which authorities say are being driven by criminal groups. IMAGES
UN Conference on Trade and Development head Rebecca Grynspan and UN Emergency Relief chief Martin Griffiths arrive ahead of talks with Russia on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal, which has helped ease the global food crisis triggered by Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. IMAGES
Police install barricades outside the hotel Soria Moria in Oslo, where the Taliban are set to hold official talks with Western officials for the first time since returning to power in Afghanistan in August. Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in focus during the talks. IMAGES
An Afghan delegation lands in Oslo to take part in the Taliban's first official talks with the West on European soil since seizing power in Afghanistan. IMAGES