 saying the outcome would lead to relief in Ukraine. Reports in the US media say a number of senior Democrats in the House of Representatives have privately told colleagues President Biden should end his re-election campaign. The president of Argentina, Javier Millay, has denounced what he called the judicial persecution of Brazil's former leader, Jair Bolsonaro. Japan and the Philippines have signed a defence pact today that will allow the deployment of troops on each other's territory.