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US defense secretary: 'We want Russia weakened'

Washington promises another $700 million in military aid to Ukraine.

Washington pledges another $700 million in military aid to Ukraine, as US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Moscow should not be left with the capability to launch another invasion. Also: panic buying in Beijing, as the Chinese capital braces for another potential Covid lockdown; and the Ethiopian town of Lalibela - once a major tourist site - struggles to regain its footing in the midst of a pandemic and a war.

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