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I'm Alex Ridsson and in the early hours of Tuesday the 2nd of December these are our main stories.
The Kremlin says that Russian forces have captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth distances himself from a second airstrike on a suspected drug boat off the coast of Venezuela.
400 people remain missing in Sri Lanka, which has been devastated by floods.
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Russia has said that its forces have captured the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine,
although this hasn't been independently confirmed.
Moscow's Defence Ministry posted a video purportedly showing its troops raising a flag over Pokrovsk's central square.
Kiev had sent reinforcements last month in a bid to fend off Russia's attack and it's not acknowledged losing a city that's been reduced to rubble by months of conflict.
Our correspondent Will Vernon is following developments and told me what we know so far.
President Putin reportedly visited a military command post yesterday and the chief of the general staff,
Valery Gerasimov, informed him officially that the city had been, in his words, liberated.
There's been no confirmation from Ukraine or anyone else yet.
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