Reporters were briefly allowed to film US journalist Evan Gershkovich on Wednesday before the start of his trial in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage that he denies.
Gershkovich was seen standing in a glass box, with a shaved head.
Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is accused by prosecutors of gathering secret information on a company that manufactures tanks for Russia's war in Ukraine. If convicted, he faces a sentence of up to 20 years.
He, his newspaper and the US government all reject the allegations and say that he was just doing his job as a reporter accredited by Russia's Foreign Ministry to work there.
Against the background of the Ukraine war, he and other Americans detained in Russia have been caught up in the most serious crisis between Moscow and Washington for more than 60 years.
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is open to the idea of a prisoner exchange involving Gershkovich and that contacts with the United States have taken place, but they must remain secret.
The US has accused Russia of conducting "hostage diplomacy". It has designated Gershkovich and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, as "wrongfully detained" and says it is committed to bringing them home.
Nearly 100 people have died since Wednesday after heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal, officials and media said, and the weather department has predicted more unseasonal rain for the region.
A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children and the pilot, Mayor Eric Adams said.
A Pakistani-born Canadian businessman accused of helping to orchestrate the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after the US extradited him in the first such transfer in a terrorism case.
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah says the Iran-aligned group is ready to enter talks with the Lebanese government on a national defence strategy, with the focus on ensuring the removal of Israeli troops from Lebanon's territory.
Technical consultations between the US and Ukraine on a minerals deal will begin in Washington on Friday and will not interfere with Kyiv's other financial commitments, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Thursday.