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The UNGA has voted to expel Russia from its Human Rights Council while NATO members have announced additional arms supply to Ukraine. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that, with the fighting shifting to the Donbas, the conflict is entering a new, intensified phase. In France, last-minute campaigning ahead of the Sunday’s presidential election first round sees Marine Le Pen closing the gap in the polls on incumbent Emmanuel Macron. France’s Minister for Transformation and Public Services, Amelie de Montchalin, tells CNBC a Le Pen presidency would weaken and damage France. And at Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo, CEO Elon Musk pledges to make half a million Model Y SUVs a year at the EV maker’s new plant in Texas.