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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the country's ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, was able to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in prison. "I can report based on what Ambassador Tracy has said that he's in good health and good spirits, considering the circumstances. We continue to call for his immediate release from this unjust detention," Blinken told reporters in Japan after G7 talks. SOUNDBITE
Hundreds of thousands fill the streets of a sun-baked Zurich ready to party in the Swiss city's annual techno Street Parade, after a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov, who is in exile following the invasion of Ukraine, walks the Cannes red carpet with his cast for the premiere of "Tchaikovsky's Wife," about the legendary composer's brief and tragic marriage. IMAGES
NATO is not seeing a pull-back of Russian forces in Ukraine and expects "additional offensive actions," the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says. "According to our intelligence, Russian units are not withdrawing but repositioning. Russia is trying to regroup, resupply and reinforce its offensive in the Donbas region" in eastern Ukraine, Stoltenberg says at a press conference. SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Washington is seeing "more" Russian forces moving into the Ukraine border region, despite Moscow's announcement of withdrawals. SOUNDBITE
The United States has seen no "evidence of de-escalation" at the Russian border with Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Ned Price says at a briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE
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