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Russia’s Roskosmos space agency has abandoned a Progress M-27M (59) spacecraft after a malfunction caused it to spin out of control.
The UN nuclear watchdog is "making progress" inspecting several areas of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, after claims it had been mined, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Friday. "I think we are making progress," he said in Tokyo, explaining officials had visited sites including cooling pools, but had not yet been given access to the roof, where Ukraine claims possible explosive devices have been placed. SOUNDBITE
Russian Soyuz spacecraft undocks from International Space Station (ISS), before transporting back to Earth NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. IMAGES
Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says that him and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov "did not make progress" on the issue of a ceasefire, as the two begin talks in Turkey in the first such high-level contact since Moscow invaded its neighbour. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Russia must ease pressure on Ukraine if it wants progress. "It will be very hard to make actual progress... in an atmosphere of escalation and threat with a gun pointed to Ukraine's head," Blinken tells a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. SOUNDBITE
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.
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