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Iranian personnel have been on the ground in Russian-occupied Crimea helping Moscow's forces conduct attacks on Ukraine with Iran-made drones, the US State Department says. "We assess that Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea and assisted Russia in these operations," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters at a briefing. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian and Russian-backed rebels swap hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn East of the country, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago. IMAGES
Five US citizens freed by Iran arrive in Qatar after a prisoner exchange facilitated by the release of $6 billion in frozen oil proceeds. A Qatari jet carrying the five, along with two relatives, touched down at Doha International Airport just before 5:40 pm local time (1440 GMT). IMAGES
A Qatari jet carrying five US citizens who were held in Iran lands in Doha as part of a prisoner exchange. The United States confirmed a prisoner swap with Iran and said that President Joe Biden had granted clemency to five Iranians jailed or awaiting trial for non-violent crimes. IMAGES
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE
Images of Rafael Grossi, head of the UN Atomic Agency (IAEA), arriving at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant on a trip organised by the Russian army. Grossi is flanked by soldiers in combat clothing on what is his second visit to the site of Europe's largest nuclear power station, following one in September 2022. IAEA staff are also present, including three inspectors reporting to colleagues on site. IMAGES