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A Belarusian model and Russian "sex coach" arrive at a court hearing in Thailand, in a case that has grabbed widespread attention after the model claimed to have revelations about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. IMAGES
Smoke billows from a struck building and Ukraine's emergency services rush to the scene of a strike after Russian-launched "kamikaze drones" attacked Kyiv early Monday, the Ukrainian presidency said, describing the strikes as an act of desperation nearly eight months into a war that has claimed thousands of lives. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden vows to "never, never, never" recognize the results of Russian-led referendums in Ukraine, saying "I want to be very clear about this -- the United States will never, never never recognize Russia's claims on Ukraine sovereign territory," as he meets Pacific Island leaders in Washington. SOUNDBITE
Top UN official Rosemary DiCarlo tells the 15-member Security Council including Moscow's envoy of "credible" claims Russia has used indiscriminate cluster munitions two dozen times in populated parts of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
"The problem is not that Putin is smart," former US President Donald Trump says during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. "The real problem is our leaders are dumb." Trump says Putin must think he "can take over a whole country" with only the minimal consequence of sanctions from NATO leaders. SOUNDBITE
Podolsk, Sep 19 (EFE/EPA).- Polling places in the European portion of Russia closed on Sunday after three days of voting in legislative elections in which the governing United Russia party claimed victory and appears to have retained its majority in the Duma, or lower house of Parliament.United Russia general secretary Andrei Turchak said at a political rally at the Moscow headquarters of the party that President Vladimir Putin had "obtained a clean and honest victory."The official vote count so far, with 27.82 percent of the ballots tabulated, gives United Russia 44.92 percent of the votes and the communists - who emerged as the big winners in this electoral round - 21.97 percent, their best result since 1999 and far above their performance in the 2016 election, when they garnered 13 percent. (Camera: MAXIM SHIPENKOV). SHOT LIST: THE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL ELECTION COMMISSION COUNT BALLOTS AT A POLLING STATION DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AT A LOCAL SCHOOL IN PODOLSK OUTSIDE MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
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