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US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
EU-hosted talks between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, aimed at reducing tensions after Baku's lightning offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh will take place this month, EU chief Charles Michel tells AFP. "The goal is to have this meeting by the end of October" he says, speaking on the sidelines of a European Political Community summit in Granada, southern Spain. SOUNDBITE
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the six-month anniversary of the start of Russia's war in Ukraine is a "sad and tragic milestone." Guterres makes the comments during a special meeting of the UN Security Council to mark the anniversary, during which Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to speak by video-link. SOUNDBITE
A first delivery of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming days, the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says during a UN press briefing in Geneva. The WHO declared an international emergency over mpox on August 14, concerned by the surge in cases of a new strain, the Clade 1b, in the DR Congo and its spread to nearby countries. SOUNDBITE
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says that his "confidence has grown" that the battle against inflation is on track. "After a pause earlier this year, progress toward our 2 percent objective has resumed. My confidence has grown that inflation is on a sustainable path back to 2 percent," he says in a keynote speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in the US state of Wyoming. 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.