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Russia and China veto a US-backed draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a "hypocritical spectacle" that does not pressure Israel. IMAGES
Ukraine's top diplomat calls for the UN Security Council to convene an emergency meeting following the partial destruction of the strategically important Russian-held Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. "Ukraine calls an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council and brings the issue of the Russian terrorist act to the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says in a statement. SOUNDBITE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says "the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis" as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Images from the beginning of the "emergency meeting" of the executive and parliamentary body of the Council of Europe, which was convened as an emergency reaction to the Russian attack on Ukraine. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister Florence Parly leave the Elysée Palace after defence council meeting convened by President Emmanuel Macron following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron stresses the need for a new European security framework and for Europeans to re-arm themselves in the face of Russian military moves on the continent's doorstep. SOUNDBITE
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