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UKRAINE RUSSIA CONFLICT: Ukraine tries to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol and puts Kiev on curfew

CHINA AVIATION: Rescue teams search for traces of passengers from crashed plane in China

— UKRAINE RUSSIA CONFLICT

KIEV:

Ukraine tries to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol and puts Kiev on curfew

Ukrainian authorities announced on Tuesday a new attempt to evacuate civilians from the port city of Mariupol, besieged by Russian troops since almost the beginning of the invasion a month ago, and placed the capital, Kiev, under curfew.

By Danny KEMP and Dmytro GORSHKOV

(Russia Ukraine conflict, Central Note, Update, 1,000 words - Already transmitted)

PHOTOS, VIDEO, INFOGRAPHICS

LVIV, Ukraine:

Art and war merge in Ukraine

Posters praising heroes, caricatures of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other images to the glory of Ukraine. In Lviv, the cultural center of the country, art has been at the service of war for three weeks.

By Joe STENSON, Clara Marchaud

(Ukraine Russia conflict art, Reportage, 700 words - Already aired)

KIEV:

Luxury restaurants in Kiev exchange caviar for free food

Dozens of oysters abandoned in a corner of the Chernomorka seafood restaurant in Kiev are all that remains from the gastronomic effervescence of the Ukrainian capital until the Russian invasion, almost a month ago.

By Danny KEMP

(Ukraine Russia restaurant conflict gastronomy, Feature, 550 words - Already aired)

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LVIV, Ukraine:

Lviv, the Ukrainian “chess capital”, awaits Russia's next move

A group of chess fans watch the exciting game being played on a bench in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, a city still relatively sheltered from the consequences of the Russian invasion.

By Joe STENSON

(Ukraine chess conflict Russia, Focus, 540 words - Already aired)

VIDEO, PHOTOS

Russian traders in China smell money after sanctions over war in Ukraine

For Marat, a Russian businessman in Shanghai, the war in Ukraine could be a business opportunity in China, restoring supply chains for companies affected by Western sanctions against his country.

Por Matthew WALSH

(China trade sanction Russia Ukraine, Focus, 720 words - Already transmitted)

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NARVIK, Norway:

A former KGB agent, a luxury yacht and a boycott in a Norwegian port

Will the “Ragnar” finally hold anchors? Immobilized in the Arctic, the luxurious yacht of a Russian oligarch, a former KGB officer, may have found some of the fuel that the Norwegians have denied him for weeks because of the war in Ukraine.

By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES

(Ukraine Russia Norway economy conflict trade sanction, Focus, 600 words - Already aired)

PHOTOS, VIDEO

— CHINESE AVIACIÓN

WUZHOU, China:

No trace of survivors in plane crash in China, authorities say

Rescuers have so far failed to find any survivors of the Boeing 737 crash that crashed 132 people on board in southern China on Monday, civil aviation said Tuesday.

Por Matthew WALSH

(China aviation accident, Central Note, Update, 750 words - Already transmitted)

PHOTOS, VIDEO, INFOGRAPHICS

OTHER NEWS BY REGION

— AMERICA

WASHINGTON:

US state legislators address abortion ahead of Supreme Court decision

Measures restricting or protecting abortion are flooding state legislatures in the United States ahead of the Supreme Court's decision, which could alter the legal framework that has governed its practice for 50 years.

(US abortion politics health justice, Focus, 800 words - Already aired)

VALPARAISO, Chile:

Important pond in Chile is dying after years of drought

Lake Peñuelas was one of the main sources of water supply in the Valparaiso region, in central Chile. But twelve years of low rainfall, culminating in the catastrophic winter of 2021, the driest in the last century, have transformed this pond into almost a desert.

(Chile water environment, Focus, 635 words, Already transmitted)

WASHINGTON:

Biden's Supreme Court Candidate Denies Being Soft on Crime

African-American judge Ketanji Brown Jackson defended herself on Tuesday against accusations by Republican congressmen of being lax against criminals, on the second day of the examination of her historic Supreme Court candidacy.

By Charlotte Plantive

(US political justice, Central Note, 600 words - 17H30 GMT)

— EUROPE

COVER, Russia:

Russian opponent Navalni sentenced to nine years in prison for “strict regime”

A Russian judge on Tuesday sentenced Alexei Navalni to nine years of detention in a “strict regime” prison colony, intensifying pressure on the Kremlin's main opponent, in the midst of Ukraine's offensive.

(Russia political opposition judgment, Central Note, 650 words - Already transmitted)

PHOTOS, VIDEO

MADRID:

Spain's turn on the Sahara, a risky decision

The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, has raised internal criticism and Algeria's indignation at the change of the historical position on Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, in order to rebuild relations with Morocco, but without obtaining great guarantees from Rabat.

By Mathieu GORSE and Valentin BONTEMPS

(diplomacy migration Algeria Morocco Spain gas oil, Focus, 700 words - Already transmitted)

MALMO, Sweden:

Swedish police try to find out the reasons for attack in a lyceum

The police were trying to find out on Tuesday the motive for the attack that ended the day before the lives of two teachers from a high school in Malmö, in southern Sweden, for which an 18-year-old student was arrested.

(Sweden police investigation, Central Note, 400 words - Already transmitted)

PHOTOS, VIDEO

— AFRICA

TRÍPOLI:

Political blockade in Libya raises fear of new conflict

While the world has its sights set on Ukraine, mediators are working to prevent the political blockade in Libya from degenerating into a new war in this North African country, where Russia plays a key role.

By Jihad DORGHAM

(Libya US government conflict UN political elections, Focus, 600 words - Already aired)

— SOCIETY

COGNAC, France:

Michelin Gastronomic Guide publishes its 2022 guide

The Michelin gastronomic guide reveals its 2022 edition this Tuesday with new proposals, a different setting and a more diverse and sustainable cuisine.

(France gastronomy books hotels restaurant, Central Note, 500 words - 18H00 GMT)

ROME:

Weiwei makes his debut at the Rome opera with a new version of “Turandot”

Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, a well-known human rights defender, makes his debut in Rome on Tuesday directing a new version of Giacomo Puccini's opera, “Turandot”, marked by bloodshed and despotism.

By Alexandria SAGE

(Art, Italy, China, Russia, Ukraine, Opera, Conflict, Focus, 500 words - 19H00 GMT)

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