Meanwhile. . .

 Bayer struck an agreement to pay $7.25 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits that claimed the weedkiller Roundup caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (NYT)

Bloomberg - Ukraine and Russia held a second day of US-brokered talks in Geneva after Kyiv’s lead negotiator held separate meetings with American and European allies to coordinate their approach. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which Russian forces seized early in the invasion, was a main topic of discussion from the Ukrainian side, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of dragging its feet on negotiations. Here’s our guide to why Ukraine’s peace deal hinges on security guarantees.

The Guardian - Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a “global criminal enterprise” that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN human rights council has said.

The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the US justice department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny. The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls.