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Moscow staging referendums in four occupied areas of Ukraine
They're being seen in the West as an attempt to legitimise Russian annexation. Also researchers say a new type of cancer therapy that uses a common virus to destroy harmful cells is showing promise, and the awarding-winning author Hillary Mantel -- whose novels brought to life the political intrigues of Tudor England -- has died at the age of seventy.