What's happening around the world on Tuesday:

-- TOP STORIES --

+ Deadline looms for Ukraine gas cut-off

+ Russia, Germany discuss Ukraine crisis

+ Iran, US hold second day of nuclear talks

+ Israel elects president to succeed Peres

+ S. Sudan's warring parties hold peace talks

KIEV: Ukraine faces a devastating Russian gas shutdown as a deadline to settle a bill of several billion dollars ends on Tuesday evening. Any disruption in Ukrainian supplies would impact European gas imports, which pass partly through Ukraine. Picture. Video (UKRAINE-RUSSIA-POLITICS-ENERGY)

SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets his German and Polish counterparts Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Radek Sikorski to discuss ways to end the Ukraine crisis. From 0930 GMT. Picture. (UKRAINE-RUSSIA-POLITICS-CRISIS)

GENEVA: Iran and the United States wrap up two days of talks on Tehran's contested nuclear programme, amid efforts to brige gaps between the Islamic republic and world powers ahead of a July deadline for a deal. Timing uncertain. Picture. Video (IRAN-NUCLEAR-POLITICS-US)

JERUSALEM: Israeli parliament elects the next head of state, who will succeed Shimon Peres (ISRAEL-POLITICS-VOTE-PRESIDENT)

ADDIS ABABA: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Riek Machar expected to meet in Ethiopia for a fresh push to end nearly six months of civil war (SSUDAN-UNREST-TALKS)

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SAO PAULO: The 64th FIFA Congress convenes with all eyes on president Sepp Blatter, as football confronts its biggest corruption scandal over the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Picture. Video (FBL-WC-2014-FIFA-CONGRESS)

LAGOS: Monitoring after clashes in Nigeria's second-biggest city between hundreds of supporters of the newly appointed emir of Kano and backers of main rival (NIGERIA-UNREST-RELIGION-ISLAM)

HARPSUND, SWEDEN: Mini-summit of prime ministers of Sweden, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands expected to discuss the controversial question of who should be the next European Commission head and measures to boost the EU economy. Press conference at 0830 GMT. Picture (EU-COMMISSION-DIPLOMACY-ECONOMY)

KARACHI/PESHAWAR: Reporting developments after 30 people are killed in a brazen Taliban attack on the international airport in Karachi while thousands have fled a restive northwest tribal district fearing a long-awaited ground offensive

(PAKISTAN-UNREST-)

WASHINGTON: Release date for "Hard Choices," the much-anticipated new book by Hillary Clinton, advance excerpts of which have been combed for clues as to whether she will run for president in 2016. Picture. Video (US-VOTE-POLITICS-CLINTON)

SEOUL: Covering trial of crew members charged over South Korea's ferry disaster that killed around 300 people (SKOREA-ACCIDENT-BOAT-TRIAL)

LONDON: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie joins Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague to host a four-day global summit to end sexual violence in conflict. Victims of such violence are participating in the event. From 0830 GMT. Picture. Video (WORLD-UNREST-SEX-VIOLENCE)

LOS ANGELES: Opening day of the video game industry's major E3 trade industry show, which runs through Thursday. Picture. Video (ENTERTAINMENT-US-IT-GAMES-E3)