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UKRAINE RUSSIA CONFLICT: Ukraine rejects Russia's ultimatum to hand over Mariupol

CHINA ACCIDENT: A plane with 132 passengers crashes in southwest China

— UKRAINE RUSSIA CONFLICT

KIEV:

Ukraine rejects Russia's ultimatum to hand over Mariupol

Ukraine rejected on Monday the Russian ultimatum to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol, while a new bombardment left eight dead in a shopping mall in the capital, Kiev.

By Danny KEMP and Dmytro GORSHKOV

(Russia Ukraine conflict, Central Note, Update, 1,100 words - Already transmitted)

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KIEV:

The war enters Kiev with the bombing of a shopping mall

There is almost nothing left of the new Retroville shopping center, located in the northwest of Kiev and bombed by Russian forces on Sunday night, in an attack that left at least eight people dead.

By Hervé BAR

(Russia Ukraine conflict, Report, 600 words - 13H00 GMT)

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KIEV:

Children in a pediatric hospital in Kiev suffer the “terrible” trauma of war

The horrors of the war in Ukraine are reflected in the eyes of little Volodymyr, 13, lying on a bed in a pediatric hospital in Kiev after the vehicle in which he was traveling with his family was shot down.

By Danny KEMP

(Ukraine conflict Russia hospital health children, Feature, 600 words - Already broadcast)

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LVIV, Ukraine:

A Ukrainian radio station remains on the warpath in Lviv

Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, local radio “Lvivska Khvylya” replaced its entertainment programs with a permanent special edition to inform its tens of thousands of listeners about the conflict in the west of the country.

By Clara MARCHAUD

(Ukraine conflict Russia radio media, Focus, 700 words - Already aired)

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BRUSSELS:

EU condemns offensive on Mariupol and poses more sanctions against Russia

The head of diplomacy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, on Monday condemned the Russian offensive on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, at a time when several countries in the bloc are calling for sanctions against Russia's energy sector.

(EU sanctions Ukraine conflict Russia energy oil, Focus, 550 words - Already aired)

TOKYO:

With China in its sights, Japan breaks with its past and gives strong support to Ukraine

Japan broke a years-long precedent with its harsh response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the conflict could modify Tokyo's defense strategy in the face of China's regional ambitions, analysts say.

By Sara HUSSEIN

(Japan diplomacy conflict Ukraine defense Russia China, Focus, 650 words - Already broadcast)

— CHINESE ACCIDENT

A plane with 132 passengers crashes in southwest China

A plane of China Eastern Airlines with 132 passengers on board crashed on Monday in southwestern China, said the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC), without offering a casualty balance for the time being.

(China aviation accident, Central Note, Update, 550 words - Already transmitted)

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OTHER NEWS BY REGION

— AMERICA

WASHINGTON:

The US and the United Kingdom resume talks about their trade relationship

The United States and the United Kingdom chose the port city of Baltimore, an hour away from the US capital, to start talks on Monday aimed at “deepening” their trade relationship.

By Delphine TOUITOU

(US GB government economy diplomacy trade Brexit, Central Note, 700 words - 12H30 GMT)

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WASHINGTON:

US Senate Addresses Nomination of First Black Woman in Supreme Court

On Monday, the United States Senate addresses the historic running of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who would become the first black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

By Charlotte PLANTIVE

(US Political Justice, Focus, 700 words - 13H00 GMT)

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-- ASIA

WASHINGTON:

The US describes violence against the Rohingya as genocide in Burma

The United States will officially call the Burmese army's campaign against the Rohingya a genocide on Monday, a measure that this Muslim minority has received in a prudently positive manner.

(USA islam diplomacy coup Burma armed forces minority rights genocide, Central Note, 625 words - 13H00 GMT)

YANGON, BURMA:

Burma's Rohingya refugee crisis on key dates

Burma's army launched a fierce offensive against the country's Rohingya Muslim population in 2017, expelling some 740,000 to neighboring Bangladesh. These are the key dates of the crisis.

(Burma Bangladesh political riots Rohingya migration, Timeline, 800 words - 13H00 GMT)

BANGKOK:

Who are the Rohingya?

(Burma Bangladesh US migration policy, Box, 700 words - 13H00 GMT)

— SOCIETY

PARIS:

Dependent on hydrocarbons, the world seeks solutions to warming

While the war in Ukraine shows economic dependence on hydrocarbons, 195 countries began on Monday to consider the adoption of a report on scenarios that would limit global warming and its devastating effects.

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-AFTER

(UN climate environment economy energy oil gas, Central Note Update, 650 words - Already transmitted)

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MADRID:

“Made in Spain”: the international success of Spanish cinema

A Golden Bear at the Berlinale for Catalan director Carla Simón, four Spaniards nominated this year for the Oscars, including the couple Penelope Cruz-Javier Bardem: the seventh Spanish art shines on the international scene, which has rolled out its red carpet for her.

By Marie GIFFARD

(Spain cinema people Oscar award, Focus, 750 words - Already broadcast)

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