A rare moment on cameras at the global summit in Bishkek with Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev joking with Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian by inviting him not to drink the Georgian mineral water offered by the hosts, but to taste the one from Azerbaijan instead which he brought from home.

Aliyev offered Iran’s first ethnically Azerbaijani president in decades a bottle of Istisu, from Nakhchivan, while Pezeshkian replies “you brought them for yourself, not for us!”

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France and Sweden are deepening defence cooperation to build a stronger European defence industry.

Emmanuel Macron said their joint projects can make Europe’s defence sector “more independent, more competitive” and better able to ensure European sovereignty.

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Why are 5-hour queues happening at European airports?

On today’s #EuropeTodayExplains, Jakub Janas is looking into the EU’s new biometric Entry/Exit system, and the unintended issues it’s causing across European airports.

Jakub Janas reports for #EuropeToday.

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How should the EU handle immigration?

See more debates like this on Euronews’ #TheRing, as we cover some of the best from our first series.

Watch the full episode on euronews.com

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Johannes Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ goes on rare overseas trip to Japan

Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ is on display in Osaka for five weeks, marking its first international trip in more than a decade. The masterpiece has been loaned by the Mauritshuis in the Netherlands while the museum undergoes renovation.

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