#BREAKING Russian forces enter territory of Ukraine nuclear power station: Kyiv
#UPDATE Russian forces have entered the site of Ukrainian nuclear power plant that caught fire overnight during clashes, Ukrainian nuclear inspectorate says.
The statement said plant staff were continuing to operate the reactor and supply power according to normal safety rules
#BREAKING Ukrainian nuclear regulator says no leaks of radiation have been detected at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant
VIDEO: Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of 'nuclear terror' after plant attack
Zelensky accuses Moscow of wanting to "repeat" the Chernobyl disaster after he says invading Russian forces shot at a nuclear power plant
#BREAKING UN nuclear watchdog head offers to travel to Chernobyl, negotiate with Ukraine and Russia to try to ensure security of Ukraine nuclear sites
#BREAKING Ukraine's President Zelensky demands still tougher sanctions on Russia after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant attacked, seized
#UPDATE Ukraine accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terror" on Friday after Europe's largest atomic power plant was attacked and taken over by invading forces, sparking Western horror at the threat of Russia's war contaminating all of Europe u.afp.com/wdn2#Zaporizhzhia
#BREAKING UK wants urgent UN Security Council meeting over Ukraine nuclear plant attack: foreign minister
#UPDATE Ukraine accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terror" and the West expressed horror on Friday after Europe's largest atomic power plant at #Zaporizhzhia was attacked and taken over by invading Russian forces
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#BREAKING UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Ukraine Friday morning: diplomats
#BREAKING Ukraine plans to hold third round of talks with Russian officials this weekend: presidential advisor
#BREAKING German Chancellor Scholz urges Putin in telephone call to end hostilities in Ukraine, allow aid: statement
#BREAKING European, UK gas prices hit record highs on supply fears over Russia invasion of Ukraine
#BREAKING WTI oil price jumps 5.0% on Ukraine fallout
#BREAKING Putin in call with Germany's Scholz denied Russia bombing Ukrainian cities, dismissed such information as 'gross propaganda fakes': Kremlin
#BREAKING BBC says 'temporarily suspending' work of all journalists and support staff in Russia due to new legislation
#BREAKING Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says deleting content over new media law
#UPDATE Ukraine accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terror" and the West expressed fury on Friday after Europe's largest atomic power plant at #Zaporizhzhia was attacked and seized by invading Russian forces, who continued to shell major cities
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco