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The United States will soon announce measures against Russia's Wagner mercenary group over its past activities in Africa, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
The United States has "deep concern about the engagement" of the Russian paramilitary force Wagner Group in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says during a news conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE
White House national security spokesman John Kirby tells reporters that the United States have designated Russia's Wagner group as a "transnational criminal organization," raising pressure on the private Russian army fighting in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
State leaders from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Moscow-led military alliance in Eurasia, take a group photo ahead of a summit in Armenia, Erevan. IMAGES
The EU's diplomatic chief Josep Borrell says that Mali's potential plan to hire Russian private-security firm Wagner would "seriously" affect the EU's relations with Bamako. SOUNDBITE
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).