Russia says it has taken control of the Ukrainian town of Soledar. But Ukraine says its forces are still holding the area after "hot" fighting.
In Kazakhstan, parliament withdraws a law that barred legal action against former president Nursultan Nazarbayev and his close family.
In Peru, protests over the ouster of former president Pedro Castillo continue in Lima, while demonstrators force the international airport at Cusco to close.
And in Malawi, officials say a continuing cholera outbreak has caused tens of thousands of cases and killed at least 750 people.
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