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Images of Rafael Grossi, head of the UN Atomic Agency (IAEA), arriving at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant on a trip organised by the Russian army. Grossi is flanked by soldiers in combat clothing on what is his second visit to the site of Europe's largest nuclear power station, following one in September 2022. IAEA staff are also present, including three inspectors reporting to colleagues on site. IMAGES
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy at the Iran nuclear deal talks, arrives at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, where the IAEA-brokered talks are set to resume in hopes of finding a way to save the historic accord brokered in 2015. This is the first time since March that all the parties (Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany) are meeting, with the participation of the United States, in order to save the agreement, which was supposed to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring atomic weapons. IMAGES
"I don't know if we were very close to disaster, but the situation (during the Russian occupation) was absolutely abnormal and very dangerous" says the International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi during a visit to Chernobyl power station on the anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. SOUNDBITE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Moscow. The visit is expected to be dominated by discussions over the ongoing Iran nuclear talks, as well as mention of Ukraine. IMAGES
Russia's "reckless" overnight attack on a nuclear power (plant, ed) in Ukraine endangered all of Europe, the US ambassador to the United Nations says. "Russia's attack last night put Europe's largest nuclear power plant at grave risk," Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells the Security Council during an emergency meeting. SOUNDBITE