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Images inside a Russian court buidling where the US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set to appear for the second hearing of his trial for espionage, a charge that his employer and the White House have labelled a sham. IMAGES
The United States says that Russia is afraid of truthful information after Moscow blocked access to dozens of European media outlets in a retaliatory move. "They are afraid of their own people hearing the truth about Russia's actions," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The European Union calls for an independent probe into the reported discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals destroyed in Israeli sieges. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a team to Washington to discuss a potential military operation in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. SOUNDBITE
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES
The United States says it welcomes South Africa's promise to probe allegations of arms shipments to Russia after Washington angered Pretoria by going public with a charge of covert weapons. "It certainly would be a welcome step," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters of the promise of a probe made by a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa. SOUNDBITE
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