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Washington's United Nations ambassador makes a direct plea to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to release a detained US journalist and a former US Marine. "I am calling on you, right now, to release Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich immediately, to let Paul and Evan come home," Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells Lavrov as the Russian foreign minister chairs a UN Security Council meeting in New York. SOUNDBITE
US climate envoy John Kerry meets China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing, as the two countries revive stalled diplomacy on reducing planet-warming emissions. IMAGES
The United States renews calls for Russia to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after his detention was extended until August 30. "The claims against Evan are baseless and we continue to call for his immediate release as well as for the immediate release of Paul Whelan," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, referring to Gershhovich and detained former marine Whelan. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg demands the "immediate release" of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia on suspicion of spying. "His arrest is of great concern. It is important to respect freedom of the press, the rights of journalists and their rights to ask questions and to do their job," he says. SOUNDBITE
US journalist Danny Fenster imprisoned in Myanmar since May arrives at Doha's Hamad International Airport, after being pardoned and deported, a day before he was due to face terror and sedition charges that could have jailed him for life. IMAGES
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