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Morning news brief: Putin's ally threatens to bomb UK, G7 Summit kicks off and more

Morning news brief: Putin's ally threatens to bomb UK, G7 Summit kicks off and more

Morning news brief 

The Russian foreign ministry has said that in order to counter the ''aggressive'' West, President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart from Belarus that Moscow would supply Minsk with missile systems capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

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Putin promises Belarus nuclear-capable missiles to counter 'aggressive' West

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Expressing concern about the "confrontational" and "repulsive" policies of its neighbours Lithuania and Poland, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko asked Putin to help Belarus mount a "symmetrical response".

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