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| Hello. Today we hear from our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, who spoke to family and colleagues of Evan Gershkovich. The US journalist has now spent a year in jail in Russia. Music correspondent Mark Savage has the latest on the allegations against Sean "Diddy" Combs. Your newsletter has more stories on sausage dogs, military facial hair, and ancient Chinese art. Finally, it's a bank holiday here in the UK, which means we'll see you next time on Monday. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Waiting for Evan | | There have been few opportunities to see the journalist since he was detained a year ago. Credit: Reuters | It has been a year since Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia. He is the first American journalist to have been charged with espionage in the country since the Cold War. But his status as a bargaining chip for a Russian detainee in the West could hardly be more clear, writes our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg. "Russia is stockpiling Americans in its jails in order to be able to trade them at a later date," says Mr Gershkovich's boss, Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker. The journalist, still in pre-trial detention, has rarely appeared in court for the media to see him. This week, the Moscow City Courthouse released a six-second video of him in a glass box. But people who know him say he seems in good health. In a special report, Steve hears from the US ambassador to Russia, while Mr Gershkovich’s sister, Danielle, explains how exchanging letters with her brother has brightened “a really difficult year”.
Americans jailed in Russia: Evan is not the only US citizen to be held by Moscow. Here's a piece shedding light on two other prisoners, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva.
At the UN: Russia used its Security Council veto to shut down a panel of experts that has for years monitored sanctions against North Korea.
Russian network: A Russian-backed "propaganda" website has been broken up for spreading anti-Ukraine stories and paying unnamed European politicians, according to authorities in several countries. | |
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| No dog in the fight | You might have recently seen alarming reports that sausage dogs - or dachshunds - were to be banned in Germany. Our correspondent reports on the fuzzy story - and the media barking up the wrong tree. |
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| | Damien McGuinness, Berlin correspondent |
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| | "Sausage Dogs to be banned in Germany," screamed headlines in the UK this week. Germany's biggest-selling newspaper Bild went full circle, fascinated by the panic: "Brits Fear for the German Sausage Dog." The story arose from the German Kennels Association (VDH), which has launched a petition against a draft law that aims to clamp down on breeding that leads animals to suffer. Will the dachshund or any other breed be banned? The short answer is no. |
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| BEYOND THE HEADLINES | What we know about Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegations |
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| | | Sean "Diddy" Combs is considered as one of the key architects of the commercialisation of hip-hop. Credit: PA Media | Sean "Diddy" Combs is one of rap's most successful figures. But in recent months he has been subject of a string of sexual assault claims, and this week two of his homes were raided by federal agents as part of a sex-trafficking investigation. Our music correspondent Mark Savage sets out what we know about the claims, all of which the rapper has strenuously denied. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | More than 1,000 words | Qin's terracotta warriors don't need to talk or move to tell us about ancient China. | |
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