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Ukraine's top diplomat calls for the UN Security Council to convene an emergency meeting following the partial destruction of the strategically important Russian-held Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. "Ukraine calls an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council and brings the issue of the Russian terrorist act to the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says in a statement. SOUNDBITE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says "the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis" as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Members of the United Nations Security Council hold a minute of silence to pay homage to Queen Elizabeth II, following her death at the age of 96. IMAGES
The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the situation in Syria, whose government has denied it possesses chemical weapons and branded the use of such arms "immoral and unacceptable." The statement from Damascus comes after French President Emmanuel Macron warned his country would launch strikes if proof emerged that the Syrian regime had used banned chemical weapons against its civilians. IMAGES
The UN Security Council observes a minute of silence to mourn victims of an attack on a Moscow concert hall that left at least 137 people dead. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives at the Ile-de-France Gendarmerie regional training centre, for a meeting with security forces over measures for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and in particular the security arrangements for the Olympic Torch Relay. IMAGES
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