Five stories to know today: Mary Peltola beats Sarah Palin, Shelling near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant delays visit by U.N. experts, Trump's legal team will square off against U.S. Justice Department, China's detention of Uyghurs may constitute crimes against humanity, Rosmah Mansor sentenced to 10 years in jail.

1. Biden charged Republican allies of Trump with undermining the country's democracy and urged voters to reject extremism ahead of November's midterm elections.

2. U.N. inspectors say the physical integrity of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been ‘violated’ as Ukraine and Russia trade accusations over each others' actions there.

3. Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud and sentenced to three years in jail with hard labour. She has already been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison and denies all allegations

4. A former NYPD officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting police in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, making it the longest sentence yet handed down in a case related to the attack

5. Argentina's Vice President escaped unharmed after a man fired a loaded gun that failed to go off inches from her head.

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