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Images show Evan Gershkovich leaving court after his detention was extended by two months. Gershkovich, an American Wall Street Journal reporter is being held in Moscow on espionage charges which he denies. The court hearing was attended by representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Russia. He was arrested during a reporting trip at the end of March last year in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and could spend up to 20 years in prison if convicted. IMAGES
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi arrives at Ukraine's Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic plant to assess the situation after a dam near the plant was damaged earlier this month. IMAGES
At least one person was killed Monday night in a "massive attack" by Russian drones on the Ukrainian capital, according to city's mayor. 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
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says during a press conference in Colombia's capital Bogota that he welcomes the conversation between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, thought to be their first call since Russia invaded Ukraine. SOUNDBITE TO FOLLOW 33DW89G
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announces the extension of the Black Sea grain deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain to resume following Russia's invasion. "This agreement" he says, "is of vital importance in terms of global food supply". Ukraine's infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, tweeted that the deal has been extended for 120 days. COMPLETES EN_33BK8BL SOUNDBITE
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