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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Austrian counterpart Karin Kneissel in Moscow. IMAGES of Sergei Lavrov and Karin Kneissel arriving for the meeting
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and other naval vessels arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit to the communist island off Florida's coast in a show of force amid spiraling US-Russian tensions. IMAGES
The first Austrian voters head to a polling station in Vienna to cast their ballots in the last day of European Parliament elections. Voting takes place in 21 EU member countries, with the bloc facing a range of challenges, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, global trade and industrial tensions, a climate emergency and a West that, within months, may have to adapt to a new Donald Trump presidency. IMAGES
Searches are underway at the European Parliament in Brussels as part of an investigation into suspected Russian interference. According to a source close to the investigation, the target of the raids is Guillaume Pradoura, a former assistant to embattled EU lawmaker Maximilian Krah, of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. IMAGES
Smoke rises from a Kharkiv hardware store, which Russia bombed on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring over 20, in an attack condemned as "vile" by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest, regularly comes under attack from Russian missiles, with strikes on the city killing at least seven people on Thursday. IMAGES
Thousands of young Georgians march through the streets of the capital Tbilisi for a third straight night of protests against a controversial "foreign influence" bill criticised for mirroring repressive Russian legislation. Despite mass protests and international condemnation, Georgia's prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze has vowed to ram the contentious bill through parliament. IMAGES