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Litvinenko's widow said she was pleased with the result of a UK enquiry conclusion Putin probably approved the operation to murder ex-KGB agent- Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
In a televised address to the nation, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refers to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "dictator" who will never "subdue the national feeling of the Ukrainians", after Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
President Vladimir Putin awards medals to Russian athletes returning from Rio and says the blanket ban on the country's National Paralympic team over doping concerns is "immoral" and "manipulation". Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
President of the European Council Donald Tusk declared that the UK will not be allowed to access the EU single market without accepting the freedom of movement of citizens, during a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. "There will be no single market a la carte," he stressed. The announcement comes after all the EU leaders met for the first time since the British referendum result last Friday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that the UK will lose access to the EU's single market if it doesn't accept EU rules on the freedom of movement, during a press conference following a European Council emergency meeting on Brexit in Brussels, Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).