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The United States denounces "loose talk" on nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would only use an atomic weapon in response to an enemy strike. Declining to respond directly to Putin, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters, "We think any loose talk of nuclear weapons is absolutely irresponsible." SOUNDBITE
A group of 16 foreign nationals from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus go on trial in a Polish court on charges of espionage, preparing acts of sabotage and gathering information for Russia. The defendants include a Russian hockey player who played in the Polish league. The verdict for 14 of the 16 defendants who plead guilty is expected later today. IMAGES
People march in Warsaw to mark a Day of Solidarity with Belarus that coincides with the third anniversary of mass protests in Minsk against Alexander Lukashenko's re-election. The fallout over the vote, which was widely believed to have been falsified by Lukashenko, in power since 1994, led to the biggest protests in recent Belarusian history and were put down with force. IMAGES
US President, Joe Biden, tells a crowd in Warsaw that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, "thought autocrats like himself were tough and that leaders of democracy were soft, and then he met the iron will of America and the nations everywhere that refuse to accept a world governed by fear and force." SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko hold bilateral talks in Minsk in a room full of delegates, which included the defence ministers of both nations. IMAGES
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urges allies to keep arming Ukraine and to ramp up sanctions against Russia, as the Group of Seven industrialised nations held talks in northern Germany on Friday. SOUNDBITE of Liz Truss, British Foreign Secretary
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