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The EU should seek to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, its climate commissioner says, proposing a new interim target towards making the bloc carbon neutral in 2050. "Based on the best available science, and a detailed impact assessment, we are recommending that the 2040 target should be a 90 percent emission cut" compared to 1990 levels, says commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, calling for a "fair transition" that will allow EU businesses to thrive. SOUNDBITE
A convoy of Israeli armoured personnel carriers drive in clouds of dust near the border with Gaza. Israeli forces were readying for a looming Gaza ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that unleashed the bloodiest attack in the country's history. IMAGES
French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu welcomes President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron to the Hôtel de Brienne. The President is due to talk to servicemen injured during the year, before giving a speech in honour of the troops called up for the 14 July parade. IMAGES
"We are proud of the extraordinary commitment of our embassy’s staff who performed their duties with courage and professionalism," US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says during a press briefing after the US military evacuated American embassy personnel from Khartoum, where the Sudanese army and paramilitaries have clashed violently. SOUNDBITE
British military veterans, serving units and members of the public gather on London's Whitehall for a UK Remembrance Day ceremony. Charles III is to take part in the event - his first as king - and lay a wreath in tribute to UK and Commonwealth war dead. IMAGES
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