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Greece deports a second batch of more than a hundred migrants to Turkey and Germany announces a sharp drop in asylum claims, as Europe toughens efforts to end its worst migration crisis since World War II. IMAGES
The EU and Turkey have agreed on a new plan that aims at curbing the huge influx of refugees into the EU.
Images of the the Abdülhamid Han drill ship as Turkey sends it on the first eastern Mediterranean energy exploration mission in nearly two years. The search for natural gas in energy-rich waters around the divided island of Cyprus has turned into an irritant in Turkey's ties with the European Union. IMAGES
The EU's home affairs commissioner says that Turkey should "urgently" resume accepting hundreds of migrants from Greece as bloc chiefs prepared to visit Ankara. SOUNDBITE
Greece and France sign a 2.5-billion-euro ($3 billion) warplane deal as part of a burgeoning arms programme to counter Turkish challenges in the eastern Mediterranean. France has strongly backed Greece in a standoff with Turkey over natural gas resources and naval influence in the waters off their respective coasts. The deal will see Greece buying 18 Rafale jets, 12 of them used, made by French firm Dassault to bolster its forces during their regular mid-air skirmishes with Turkish pilots over disputed Aegean airspace. IMAGES
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