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Images of the Embassy of Spain in Caracas after Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia arrived in Spain on Sunday, where he is seeking political asylum after a month in hiding in the crisis-hit South American country. Gonzalez Urrutia faces an arrest warrant for insisting he is the legitimate winner of July's elections over strongman Nicolas Maduro, who has claimed a third six-year term. IMAGES
Hamas signs an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including rivals Fatah, which it describes as an agreement to work together for "national unity". IMAGES
Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, who is also the chief executive of QatarEnergy signs a deal with Shun-Chin Lee, Chairman of the CPC Corporation Taiwan for Qatar to supply the Taiwan-headquartered CPC with natural gas for 27 years. Qatar will supply four million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said in a statement, without disclosing the cost of the agreement. IMAGES
EU spokesperson Eric Mamer seems to pour cold water over a potential Dutch opt-out of the bloc's asylum system, saying "you cannot opt out of EU legislation... We are working on the basis of existing treaties and existing legislation". Speaking to AFP earlier on Thursday, Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders vowed to enact the country's strictest asylum policy ever. SOUNDBITE
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hails the EU parliament's adoption of a contentious asylum policy reform as a "huge achievement for Europe". The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly a decade in the making. SOUNDBITE
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