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Donald Trump confirms his first foreign trip as president will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican. SOUNDBITE
Saudi non-resident ambassador to the Palestinian territories, Nayef al-Sudairi arrives for a meeting in Ramallah after Saudi Arabia, which has engaged in US-brokered talks with Israel to potentially normalise relations, sent a delegation to the occupied West Bank for the first time in three decades. IMAGES
An Israeli delegation is in Riyadh for a UNESCO meeting, marking the country's first publicly announced visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit, for UNESCO's World Heritage Committee session, coincides with speculation about a potential normalisation of ties between the two countries in future. IMAGES
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid accompany US President Joe Biden to his Air Force One plane as he departs Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on a direct flight to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, latest stop on his first Middle East tour as US leader. IMAGES
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tells reporters at the United Nations that US President Donald Trump asked him to mediate with Iran to defuse tensions. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump blasts President Joe Biden over Iran's major attack on Israel, alleging that his rival in November elections showed American "weakness" in the Middle East. "God bless the people of Israel. They are under attack right now. That's because we show great weakness," he says at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. SOUNDBITE
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