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French Minister of Defence Sebastien Lecornu welcomes his British counterpart Ben Wallace for the 36th Franco-British Summit held in Paris. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcomes his Nigerien counterpart, Hassoumi Massoudou, to Paris after the postponement of a meeting between the EU and the G5 Sahel countries due to the coup in Burkina Faso. IMAGES
British Defence Minister John Healey is welcomed by his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz in Warsaw. The British politician is on a lightning tour of Europe that has already seen him visit France, Germany and will see him in Estonia next. IMAGES
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius welcomes his British counterpart John Healey to Berlin with military honours. IMAGES
In the wake of Saturday's fatal knife attack in Paris, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has come out in favour of "psychiatric care orders that could be granted to police prefects" for "a those involved in radical Islam and who suffer from mental illness. A German tourist was fatally stabbed cloes to the Eiffel tower on Saturday and two other people wounded in the attack. The attacker was a Frenchman in his mid-20s born to a non-religious Iranian family but who had already done prison time for planning an attack and was known to the authorities as an Islamist radical with mental issues. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.