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The United States says Georgia still has time to "change course" after the government rammed through a Russian-inspired law barring "foreign influence" despite mass protests. SOUNDBITE
US Vice President Kamala Harris calls on Americans on the first anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol to "unite in defense" of democracy. SOUNDBITE
Five recently released Catalan separatists meet with former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Waterloo, Belgium. Catalonia's bid to break away from Spain in 2017 provoked one of the worst political crises there since the end of Francisco Franco's military dictatorship in 1975. Leaders of the wealthy Spanish region, which has a population of 7.8 million people, defied a government ban to organise an independence referendum. IMAGES
The White House urges Russia to "respect" sovereignty and democracy in neighboring Belarus where strongman President Alexander Lukashenko faces mass demonstrations calling for new elections. "Russia must also respect Belarus' sovereignty and the right of its people to elect their own leaders freely and fairly," White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Jaume Alonso Cuevillas, Carles Puigdemont's lawyer, visits his client in jail after a German court has decided to keep the former Catalan president in custody pending possible extradition to Spain to face "rebellion" charges. IMAGES of Jaume Alonso Cuevillas arriving at the jail