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Yavgeny Pregozion, the head of the mercenary Wagner group, is reported by Russian

state media to have been on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed in your Moscow,

killing all ten people aboard. Mr. Pregozion led an aborted mutiny in June when Wagner

troops briefly marched on the capital. He was then swiftly exiled to Belarus and has barely

been heard from since. But on Monday, Mr. Pregozion released a video speech, his first-in-months,

in which he boasted about Russia making Africa, quote, even more free.

India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the Moon's South Pole. The mission,

known as Chandrian III, put down its lander and is expected to dispatch a rover. India's success

contrasts with Russia's woes. On Sunday, its moonshot, Luna 25, crashed as it attempted to

reach the same region. India is only the fourth country to reach the Moon after America, China,

and the Soviet Union. Rudy Giuliani, former personal lawyer to Donald Trump,

surrendered to authorities having reached a $150,000 bond agreement with prosecutors.

He was indicted alongside the former president on sweeping racketeering charges.

The 19 code defendants have until Friday to surrender. Six are thought to have done so already,

with Mr. Trump expected to join them on Thursday. Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Trump deny wrongdoing.

A Ukrainian drone attack killed three civilians in Belgorod, a region and southern Russia that

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