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Russians go to the polls in Moscow in a nationwide ballot on constitutional reforms that could see President Vladimir Putin remain in power until 2036. Election officials say they are opening polls ahead of the official July 1 vote to avoid overcrowding that could spread coronavirus infections. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside a London court on the day that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may find out whether he has won a reprieve in his last-ditch UK legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States. The Australian national, aged 52, is seeking permission to appeal against a ruling allowing him to be sent to face a US trial on espionage charges. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union address that Ukraine is capable of stopping Putin if the US provides Kyiv the "weapons it needs to defend itself." SOUNDBITE
A space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, lands on the Earth's surface in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
Thousands rally in Jerusalem in support of Israel's ruling right-wing coalition's controversial judicial reforms that critics condemn as un-democratic. The government's proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over the selection of judges.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration, a coalition between his Likud party and extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies, argues that the changes are needed to rebalance powers between lawmakers and the judiciary. IMAGES
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