#BREAKING Notre-Dame's main structure is "saved and preserved" after fire, says Paris fire official
#BREAKING French President Macron says the "worst has been avoided" in Notre-Dame fire
#BREAKING 'We will rebuild Notre-Dame", says French President Macron
#UPDATE Paris fire brigade chief Jean-Claude Gallet said "we can consider that the main structure of Notre-Dame has been saved and preserved" u.afp.com/JNfj
Paris was struck in its very heart as flames devoured the roof of Notre-Dame, the medieval cathedral made famous by Victor Hugo, its two massive towers flanked with gargoyles instantly recognisable even by people who have never visited the city u.afp.com/JNYT
AFP floor plan, factfile and history of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
📷 Parisians watch was their beloved cathedral burns. The heartbreaking sight drew crowds onto the streets and to viewpoints where many knelt to pray, cry or stand in stunned silence
Over 850 years, Notre-Dame de Paris survived the French Revolution, two world wars, terror threats and pollution.
📷 Notre-Dame in 1944 and 1945. Its massive bell announced the liberation of the Paris from Nazi control on August 24, 1944
Glimpse inside a burning heart.
Smoke rises in front of the altar cross while the roof of Notre-Dame burns
📷 Philippe Wojazer
#BREAKING Notre-Dame fire "under control, partially extinguished": firefighters
"The fire is completely under control. It is partially extinguished, there are residual fires to put out."
Paris firefighters have spent hours battling the devastating blaze at Notre-Dame, saving the main structure of the Gothic cathedral from total destruction
Some Notre-Dame treasures saved by French firefighters
#BREAKING French magnate Arnault, LVMH pledge 200 mn euros for Notre-Dame
YouTube accidentally links Notre-Dame fire to 9/11 attacks u.afp.com/JNM5
#BREAKING Pope Francis is "praying for French Catholics and for the people of Paris in face of the terrible fire which has ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral": Vatican
VIDEO: Cries of sorrow as the spectacular Gothic spire of Notre-Dame collapses before the eyes of horrified onlookers
"We are on our own land. We are not afraid of anything or anyone", says Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky after Russia ordered its troops into eastern Ukraine
Putin orders troops into Ukraine rebel regions.
After weeks massing troops around Ukraine, Russia says it now recognises the rebel-held Donetsk and Lugansk regions as 'independent' - paving the way for the deployment of a potential invasion force
VIDEO: Kyiv residents react to Putin's troop order.
In Kyiv, residents express shock and fear after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied Western threats of sanctions by ordering troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions of Ukraine, which he has recognized as independent
#BREAKING Ukrainian President Zelensky says "we are not afraid" after Russia recognises rebels, adds he expects "clear support" from West
#UPDATE In a televised address delivered after urgent consultations with world leaders Monday, Zelensky said Ukraine was "not afraid of anything or anyone," and called the Kremlin's step "a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity" of his country
VIDEO: Putin recognises independence of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
Putin signs mutual aid agreements with the leaders of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as he recognises the separatist regions of Ukraine as independent
Reaction by international leaders to Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognise the independence of Ukraine's separatist regions 🧵👉
EU chiefs @vonderleyen and @CharlesMichel in a joint statement: "The Union will react with sanctions against those involved in this illegal act."
NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg: "This further undermines Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, erodes efforts towards a resolution of the conflict, and violates the Minsk Agreements, to which Russia is a party"
#BREAKING Ukraine leader says discussed Putin's recognition of separatists with Biden
#BREAKING US announces sanctions on east Ukraine's separatist regions
#UPDATE The White House said Monday President Joe Biden will sign an executive order allowing sanctions on two separatist Ukraine regions, but underlined the action is separate from wider Western sanctions ready to go "should Russia further invade Ukraine."