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A vice-president of the European Parliament, Eva Kaïli, has been arrested by Belgian police in connection with an investigation into corruption that implicates World Cup hosts, Qatar. Images show Kaili defending Qatar from criticism of its labour rights record and calls out Western hypocrisy. Speaking in front of the European Parliament in November, Kaili says "Qatar is a front-runner in labour rights, abolished Kefala, introducing minimum wage" and that "some here are calling to discriminate (against) them...but still, they take their gas, they have their companies profiting billions there." SOUNDBITE
An overwhelming vote at the UN Human Rights Council to investigate abuses following Russia's invasion of Ukraine should show President Vladimir Putin "the whole world is against you", Kyiv's ambassador says. "The message to Putin has been clear: You're isolated on a global level and the whole world is against you," Ukrainian ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko tells reporters after the vote. SOUNDBITE
Images of the British Embassy in Berlin as a British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, according to federal prosecutors, in a case expected to stoke tensions between Berlin and Moscow. IMAGES
Images of the Bakhrushin City Clinical Hospital in Moscow's Sokolniki District, where Russian political activist and Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov is being treated with suspected poisoning. STOCKSHOTS
France leave Luzhniki Stadium on their team bus following their 4-2 victory against Croatia in the World Cup final. IMAGES
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