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Moscow's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said in a statement that the US was cultivating anti-Russian feelings with talk of the build-up of Russian troops, while forgetting to clarify that those troops were on Russian territory. The statement follows comments by President Biden that he was prepared to impose sanctions on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin directly, if an invasion went ahead.

A Covid outbreak on a crucial Australian aid ship bound for tsunami-battered Tonga has raised fears of contagion among vulnerable people on the island, which has thus far managed to remain largely Covid-free.

And an air and sea search is underway between Florida and the Bahamas for thirty nine people missing at sea.