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Wearing white laboratory coat and hair net, French President Emmanuel Macron tours the production site in Chartres, southwest of Paris, of Novo Nordisk . In a deal to be sealed officially with Macron today, Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk will invest 2.1 billion euros ($2.3 billion) in this existing facility to expand capacity for a blockbuster anti-obesity drug. Novo Nordisk is the European Union's most valuable company with market capitalisation of around $460 billion, mostly thanks to growing use of its anti-diabetes drugs as weight-loss derivatives. IMAGES
The United States hails the EU-British deal to regulate trade rules for Northern Ireland as a chance to "improve the prosperity" across the region, John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, tells reporters. The deal will "open up all kinds of avenues for trade that were somewhat at risk," Kirby adds. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces deal with European Union to overhaul Northern Ireland Brexit protocol."Today's agreement delivers smooth flowing trade within the whole United Kingdom, protects Northern Ireland's place in our union and safeguards sovereignty for the people of Northern Ireland," he says. SOUNDBITE
French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin on his first official visit to the Ivory Coast, meets with President Alassane Ouattara in the capital, Abidjan. The trip is a bid to cement the cooperation between the two countries. IMAGES
Elisabeth Borne arrives in Les Mureaux, in the Yvelines department to the west of Paris, for her first trip as Prime Minister. She meets associations working "for equal opportunities" and the "emancipation" of women. IMAGES
Autonomist President of the Corsican executive council, Gilles Simeoni, meets French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin in Ajaccio, who is hoping to restore calm to the island and offering the prospect of autonomy. IMAGES