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A group of 15 EU member states have agreed to take in 40,000 Afghan citizens for resettlement, Commissioner Ylva Johansson says after meeting interior ministers. Germany will accept the bulk of the new arrivals, with 25,000, with the Netherlands accepting 3,159, Spain and France 2,500, and other countries lower numbers, according to a document seen by AFP. SOUNDBITE
Brussels asks EU member states to provide 50 billion euros ($55 billion) more to support Ukraine over the next four years, as part of a boost to the bloc's budget. SOUNDBITE
A group of Afghan evacuees, among which are several athletes, arrive in Doha on a Qatar Airways flight, the latest in a series of evacuations from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August. IMAGES
Exterior of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) as member states weigh a French proposal to suspend Syria's "rights and privileges" at the body, for its alleged use of toxic arms and failure to declare its arsenal. IMAGES
The African Union gathers in Niamey, capital of Niger, for a summmit which the organisation hopes will pave the way towards a continent-wide free trade agreement. The AU envisions a free trade zone driving economic integration across a single African market of 1.2 billion people, expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050. IMAGES
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