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Russia and Ukraine sign a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments that could ease a global food crisis in which millions face hunger. IMAGES
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Istanbul ahead of grain talks where a UN-backed deal to resume grain shipments across the Black Sea for the first time since the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine in February is expected to be signed by Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. IMAGES
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that Russia's decision to exit the Ukraine grain deal will "strike a blow to people in need everywhere." SOUNDBITE
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the partial destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is "another devastating consequence" of Russia's invasion of its neighbor. SOUNDBITE
Images of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin leaving a UN building following talks on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal. Russia has agreed to renew the accord but only for another 60 days. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).