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South Koreans start casting their ballots in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol after a polarising campaign. IMAGES
Top US and Russian diplomats kick off crucial talks on soaring tensions over Ukraine, amid fears of a Russian invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and her Russian counterpart Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov opened their meeting at the US mission in Geneva at 8:55 am (0755 GMT). IMAGES of the top of the meeting
Nearly 200 nations start online negotiations to validate a UN science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale. IMAGES
Cars arrive at supposed venue where North Korean and US officials are to resume nuclear talks in Sweden after months of deadlock and Pyongyang's defiant test of a sea-launched ballistic missile. North Korea's Kim Myong Gil and the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, Stephen Biegun, are part of the teams set to meet on an island near Stockholm. The first cars with tinted windows - presumed to be here for the talks - started arriving just after 9:00 am (0700 GMT). IMAGES
China's defence minister says the country is ready to fight the US on trade but the door is still open for talks. SOUNDBITE