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Feb 2023
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Monday 27 February

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France’s Emmanuel Macron announces a visit to China to seek Beijing’s help in ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party elects Elly Schlein as its new leader. Plus: we report from the vigils in Washington over the weekend in support of Ukraine and look at the latest front pages from Latin America.

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