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Fireworks are seen over Moscow at night to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, amid the coronavirus outbreak. With cases surging and authorities urging Russians to stay in their homes, celebrations of this year's Victory Day were muted after the Kremlin grudgingly postponed plans for a grand parade with world leaders. IMAGES
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says "the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis" as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos shows an Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasting off from Kazakhstan amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. The Russian mission control confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit. IMAGES
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry hosts his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Cairo. Lavrov, seeking to reassure Egyptian leaders that their orders for Russian grain would be met, is on a tour of African countries dependent on imports for their food supply. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the two countries accounted for 85 percent of Egypt's wheat imports. IMAGES
The sentencing by a Russian court of US reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison on espionage charges raises "serious concerns," a UN spokesman says. SOUNDBITE
Security forces - secret services, state and local policemen - are seen outside the stadium where the Republican convention center is due to open on Monday, where Trump will be formally anointed as presidential candidate. IMAGES
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