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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announces $6 billion in new military aid for Ukraine as Washington rushes to fill gaps left by months of limited American assistance. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
A prayer is said on the Senate floor for basketball legend Kobe Bryant who died along with his teenage daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday. President Trump's defense team is resuming the presentation of its case in his historic impeachment trial in the Senate. IMAGES
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that the United States is not pulling its forces out of Iraq, denying that there is a signed letter from the US side announcing an exit. "Our policy has not changed. We are not leaving Iraq," Esper tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Images released by the Armenian Presidential Press Service show Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during an official visit to Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran. Pashinyan is planning to attend the official inauguration ceremony of the President of Iran. IMAGES
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.