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Feb 21

#LIVE 🔴: Russian President Vladimir #Putin holds a press conference after a Security Council session 🇷🇺

"The government in Kyiv has carried out impunity, military operations in Donetsk and Luhansk and it seems as though there is a third peak in military tensions now" ⤵️

🔴: "Across the world, and especially on the European continent, Ukraine is being instrumentalised agaist #Russia" said #VladimirPutin at a press conference about the #UkraineCrisis 🇷🇺🇺🇦

🔴 : "We have no guarantees. We need a document to be signed that is valid under international law," said Russian President Vladimir #Putin speaking about the promise that #Ukraine will not become a NATO member ⤵️

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Oct 4, 2021

🇬🇧⛽ British soldiers have begun delivering #petrol to #fuel stations today after fears over tanker driver shortages led to panic buying and forced the government to offer visa waivers to foreign truckers

#fuelshortages #petrolshortage

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🚚🇬🇧 "According to experts, 100,000 HGV drivers are missing, partly they left during the pandemic and didn't come back, others have left because of #Brexit," explains our correspondent in the #UK @BenedictePaviot

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@BenedictePaviot "It can be linked directly to the shoddy way in which the post-#Brexit transition has been handled by this government," says our international affairs commentator @dougf24 about the #PetrolShortages in Britain

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Oct 4, 2021

💰 More than a dozen heads of state and government have amassed millions in secret offshore assets, a new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveals.

FRANCE 24's Marios Sofos has more on the so-called #PandoraPapers ⤵️

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#PandoraPapers: 🇰🇪 #Kenya's President Uhuru #Kenyatta and his family have for decades shielded wealth from public scrutiny through a network of offshore companies and foundations.

@NRushworth has the details ⤵️

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@NRushworth Some 35 current and former leaders are featured in the #PandoraPapers, including 🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Our correspondent @gullivercragg explains ⤵️

Read more here ➡️ f24.my/82Xi.t

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May 25, 2021

@LukeShrago

The #EU 🇪🇺 has imposed sanctions on #Belarus 🇧🇾, including banning airlines from using its airspace and airports, amid fury over the diversion of a plane to arrest an opposition journalist.

As @LukeShrago reports, EU leaders also demanded the release of #RamanPratasevich ⤵️

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@LukeShrago 🇧🇾🇪🇺 "This is a threat against the safety of international civil aviation, which is why the 27 heads of government and state agreed very quickly, not only to condemn but also demand for the immediate release of #RomanProtasevich," said @eucopresident ⤵️

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@LukeShrago @eucopresident 🇧🇾🇪🇺✈️ "#Belarus used its control over its airspace in order to perpetuate a state #hijacking, therefore the safety and security of flights through Belarus airspace can no longer be trusted," said @vonderleyen ⤵️

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May 25, 2021

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The @UN' mission in #Mali 🇲🇱 on Monday called for the "immediate and unconditional" release of the country's president and PM, who were detained by the military.

The detentions came after a reshuffle on Monday designed to respond to criticism of the #interim government ⤵️

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@UN 🇲🇱 The detentions have raised fears of a second coup as President #Ndaw and PM #Ouane lead an interim government that was installed after a putsch in August under the threat of regional sanctions.

@erinogun has a recount of the events that led up to Monday's detentions ⤵️

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@UN @erinogun The detentions in #Mali have triggered broad international condemnation and demands for their immediate release 🇲🇱

France 24’s International Affairs editor @ArmenGeorgian gave @AnnetteF24 his analysis ⤵️

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Mar 26, 2021

@MariaG_N

🇪🇷🇪🇹#Ethiopia said #Eritrea has agreed to withdraw forces from the #Tigray region, almost five months after fighting broke out.

"Witnesses say soldiers and militia target civilians and use rape as a weapon." @MariaG_N reports from #Tigray⤵️

#TigrayCrisis

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@MariaG_N 🇪🇹Across #Tigray, more than half a million people were forced to flee their homes. Thousands were able to find refuge in the regional capital Mek’ele.

🎤"We don’t have enough water, food, or clothes, we’re not receiving any help from the government," says a man displaced⤵️

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@MariaG_N 🇪🇹🇪🇷Many survivors speak of massacres and accuse #Eritrean soldiers.

During a religious celebration in a #Tigray village, more than 150 people were killed by members of the Eritrean army, residents say.

🎤"All of those killed were like my own family.”⤵️