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US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union address that Ukraine is capable of stopping Putin if the US provides Kyiv the "weapons it needs to defend itself." SOUNDBITE
During a press conference in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has to talk to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putein as "there are no other ways to stop this war." SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron receives Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin for a bilateral meeting at the Élysée Palace, following the UN's Generation Equality Forum. IMAGES
Finnish PM Sanna Marin greets visiting Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Helsinki. Tikhanovskaya is also meeting Finland's president, foreign minister and MPs during her three-day visit to the Nordic nation. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says people taking part in far-right riots will "feel the full force of the law", following hundreds of arrests and ongoing convictions, while visiting a mosque and meeting members of the Muslim community in western England. "We need to make sure that in the coming days, we can give the necessary reassurance to our communities. Many of whom, I've been talking to some this morning, are very anxious about the situation," he tells reporters. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.