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French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in a NATO meeting, via video conference, from France's Defence Ministry, on the second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron is transported along avenue Foch in the "command car" during the Bastille Day military parade in Paris before greeting members of his government and the army. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Thursday he expects France to stay a key member of the western military alliance, even if a far-right government comes to power after upcoming snap elections. "I expect France to remain a staunch and important ally also in the future," Stoltenberg says at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
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
British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz visit NATO troops stationed in the northeastern Polish town of Orzysz. IMAGES