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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the State Department in Washington, DC. IMAGES
The United States "is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government interferes with US elections," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
A Russian training ship of the Baltic Fleet Smolniy arrives in Venezuela and is received with honors at the port of La Guaira, near the capital, as part of a working visit to the Caribbean nation amid a climate of tension after the last presidential election. IMAGES
Belgian prosecutors have opened a probe into Russian "interference" in the European Parliament following allegations lawmakers were paid to spread Kremlin propaganda, Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo says. "Our judicial authorities have now confirmed this interference is subject to prosecution," De Croo said. "The cash payments did not take place in Belgium, but the interference does. As Belgium is the seat of the EU institutions, we have a responsibility to uphold every citizen's right to a free and safe vote." SOUNDBITE
A screen shown at a briefing by Russia's Central Election Commission shows the expected results of the four presidential election candidates. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin is expected to receive 87.85% of the vote, while Communist Party candidate Nikolay Kharitonov comes in at second with 3.86%, New People candidate Vladislav Davankov is projected to receive 3.76%, and far-right Liberal Democratic Party leader Leonid Slutsky is set to get 2.97%. IMAGES