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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs an accord to annex the occupied regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia at a treaty signing ceremony in St George’s Hall at the Kremlin. The President signs alongside the leaders of the Moscow-held regions, and in front of Russian deputies and senators. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that Russia and Ukraine's signing of a deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments would "bring relief for developing countries on the edge of bankruptcy". He adds that the accord "opens a path for significant volumes of commercial food exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea: Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny." IMAGES
Le gouvernement espère toujours un accord des partenaires sociaux estime Alexander De Croo
Representatives of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) arrive at the Elysée Palace for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, after the CFCM formally approved a "charter of principles" for Islam in France on Sunday evening. IMAGES
China rejects a US bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran and says that Washington could not legally bring back UN sanctions. "Having quit the JCPOA, the US is no longer a participant and has no right to trigger a snapback at the Security Council," Chinese envoy Zhang Jun tells a Security Council session, referring to the 2015 nuclear deal by its acronym. SOUNDBITE