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Images of Fukushima's Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant before the visit of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, ahead of the discharge of treated water which is scheduled to begin by the end of summer. IMAGES
The UN's atomic agency chief Rafael Grossi warns of "increasing" military activity around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant during a rare visit to the plant currently controlled by Russian forces. Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of shelling the plant, increasing fears of a disaster. SOUNDBITE
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits Bucha, where Russian forces were accused of massacring civilians during their weeks-long capture of the Kyiv-region suburb in 2022. IMAGES
During a briefing in Kyiv, Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization Europe regional director, warns of a "life-threatening" winter to come for millions of Ukrainians after a series of devastating Russian attacks on the country's energy infrastructures. This winter will be "a formidable test for the Ukraine health system and the Ukraine people," he adds. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi ahead of trilateral talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. Moscow is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes amid the growing Western engagement in the region, where Russia -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. IMAGES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warns Russia poses the "most direct threat" to world order after she and European Council President Charles Michel met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for talks. SOUNDBITE