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The United States adds new "sanctions" on Russia's FSB intelligence agency and Iran's Revolutionary Guard for taking "hostage" Americans like a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia last month, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Dutch police cordon off the area and redirect traffic near the scene of a hostage situation at an Apple store in the center of Amsterdam. Police said there were several special units deployed to "get the situation under control", adding that they had been alerted of an armed robbery at 5:40 pm (1640 GMT) which had rapidly transformed into a hostage situation. IMAGES
Police and military respond to a hostage crisis in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, where an armed man carrying explosives has taken around 20 people hostage in a bus. The head of the local police service said shots were heard at the scene but no injuries have been reported so far. IMAGES
Heavily armed police are deployed at a mall in the Philippine capital Manila after reports that a disgruntled employee was holding a group of people hostage. IMAGES
Dozens of police officers converged in an area of central Paris on Tuesday in response to a "hostage taking" situation by an armed man, police sources said. IMAGES