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The European Commission said the incident only reinforced its commitment to "ramp up our defence capabilities and support for Ukraine".

This reinforced expectations of an interest rate cut by the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, later this month.

Instead, they would have their views on their choice as manager reinforced.

The second rejection was reinforced by Amorim in his press conference on Friday.

That view has been reinforced following a favourable-looking draw for the recently crowned Wimbledon champion, who won the Flushing Meadows title in 2022.