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Jordan's representative to the U.N. says the U.N. Security Council will respond to Russia’s proposal for a 'humanitarian pause' in hostilities in Yemen. Gavino Garay reports.
A Red Cross bus convoy evacuating civilians from southeast Ukraine reaches Zaporizhzhia. The ICRC has had difficulties operating in the country, with one of its teams detained for a few days after trying to get a team to Mariupol to help provide safe passage for thousands of civilians seeking to leave the beleaguered city. IMAGES
The United States says it stands by Moldova's sovereignty after rebel officials in the breakaway Transnistria region appealed to Russia for protection. "The United States firmly supports Moldova's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. SOUNDBITE
Yemen's Huthi rebels fired three missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding, "one missile missed by something like 200km and the other two were shot down by a US Navy destroyer." SOUNDBITE
The United Nations Security Council demands an immediate end to attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea. The resolution passed "demands that the Huthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security." It passed after Russia, as well as China, Mozambique and Algeria abstained. IMAGES
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