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BBC News says Boris Johnson is expected to apologise to MPs after being fined for breaking lockdown rules – as he argues there are more important issues to focus on.

Sky News says the price of more than a million train tickets will be cut by up to half in April and May as the government seeks to ease cost of living pressures.

Euronews says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the start of a Russian offensive against eastern Ukraine, part of which is in the hands of pro-Russian separatists.

France24 says Swedish police arrested 26 people after weekend clashes between police and protesters rallying against plans by a far-right group to burn copies of the Koran, police said on Monday.

TRT World says South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster over the deadly floods on the east coast.

VOA says a U.S. federal judge has ruled a national mask mandate on airplanes and other public transportation is not lawful, overturning a Biden administration policy.

BBC Sport says Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and partner Georgina Rodriguez have announced the death of their baby boy, saying it is the “greatest pain that any parents can feel”.

BBC News says a Conservative peer has resigned as a justice minister over Covid law-breaking in Downing Street.

Sky News says the government plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing in an attempt to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel.

France24 says French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday backed closer ties between NATO and Russia, adding that if she won the presidency Paris would once again leave the military command of the US-led alliance.