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President Biden is urging US private companies to tighten their cyber defenses amid intelligence suggesting Russia is preparing to launch cyber attacks.
The White House has revealed it held classified briefings last week with top American corporations warning them to take action.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
IN: "US officials…."
OUT: "…of the threats"
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Ukrainian officials say at least 8 people were killed when Russia shelled a residential area of the capital Kyiv overnight and obliterated a shopping center on the city's outskirts.
The Black Sea port of Odesa was also shelled by Russian naval forces…as Putin's army tightened its grip around the besieged city of Mariupol where humanitarian relief organizations say catastrophe is now developing.
President Zelensky accused the Russians of war crimes there.
Andriy Zagorodnyuk is Ukraine's former defense minister and a current adviser to the country's vice prime minister.
IN: "Mariupol is a living…."
OUT: "….for existence"
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He says the Russians are trying to starve the remaining residents of Mariupol out of the city.
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OUT: "…so, yeah"
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Reporter Neil Hauer has just left the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.
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OUT: "….in the background"
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He says the Russian forces are deliberately targeting civilian populations.
IN: "People there…."
OUT: "…begin shelling again"
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was released last week from six years in Iranian detention. The dual British-Iranian national opened up to reporters Monday about her "cruel" detention - and her joy at being reunited with her family in the UK.
Naomi Choy Smith has more.
IN: An emotional reunion
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132 passengers and crew are feared dead after a China Eastern Boeing 737 crashed in southern China.
The plane was flying from Kungmin to Guangzhou when it came down in a hillside forest in Guangxi province.
The search is underway for the plane's flight recorder amid mystery over what caused it to nosedive from cruising altitude.
Our Beijing Correspondent Patrick Fok reports.
IN: "Well according to…"
OUT: "…any survivors"
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The Russians say they are on the verge of severing diplomatic relations with the United States, after President Biden last week called President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" for the civilian onslaught in Ukraine.
The US Embassy in Moscow has been the last channel of communication between the two governments since the Russian invasion began.
The Kremlin also said today that Ukrainian proposals for leader-level talks between President Putin and President Zelensky are unacceptable.
Reporter John Bevir is in the Latvian capital Riga, beyond the reach of the Kremlin's reporting restrictions.
IN: "We've heard…."
OUT: "…any time soon"
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The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has promised to cut taxes and hinted at introducing new measures to tackle the rising cost of living.
Amongst the host of potential policy changes could be a cut in fuel prices, as Sally Patterson reports.
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132 passengers and crew are feared dead after a China Eastern Boeing 737 crashed in southern China.
The plane was flying from Kungmin to Guangzhou when it came down in a hillside forest in Guangxi province.
Aviation consultant Alastair Rosenschein says it's very unusual for a plane to crash from a cruising altitude.
IN: "Airliners tend ….."
OUT: "….what it was"
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Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian aid worker freed last week after 6 years in Iran says she stopped trusting promises from the British government.
She spoke publicly today for the first time since her release, at a press conference in London.
IN: "So there was…."
OUT: "…six years ago"
DUR: 19 seconds
The United States has formally recognised the violence committed against Rohingya by Myanmar's military in 2016 and 2017 does amount to genocide and crimes against humanity.
Thousands of Rohingya were killed, and more than 700,000 others fled into Bangladesh, with accounts of villages being burned, mass killings and rape.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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History is set to be made (is being made) in Washington when Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, begins a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. (11am EDT)
If confirmed, as she's expected to be, she would be the first Black, female member of the Supreme Court.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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A British-US national held in Iran has been freed from jail and is in a hotel.
Morad Tahbaz was released last week along with fellow dual nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, but was later returned to Evin jail.
Sally Patterson has more.
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European Union foreign and defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to mull the next steps in their response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On the way into the talks, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis said Western powers must define their red lines amid ongoing attacks in Ukraine.
Rosie Birchard reports from Brussels.
Hong Kong is lifting flight bans and easing strict COVID-19 quarantine measures for incoming travelers as part of efforts to gradually return the city to normal life. Hong Kong is battling its worst ever virus outbreak, but the government says the situation is now under control.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
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The United States is formally declaring that alleged violence committed by Myanmar's military against the country's Rohingya minority amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity.
A Reuters report says Secretary of State Antony Blinken will outline the decision on Monday at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
From Washington, Benji Hyer has the details.
IN: It's a long-anticipated
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Uganda's Speaker of Parliament has died. Jacob Oulanyah was receiving specialized treatment at a hospital in the United States of America. He had only been Speaker for less than a year. Leon Solomon reports
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IN: Oulanyah's death was confirmed by President Yoweri
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