VIDEO: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visit Berlin's symbolically important Brandenburg Gate, which is illuminated in Ukraine's national colours
#BREAKING German FM Baerbock visits Bucha on surprise Ukraine visit: AFP
Graphic showing key developments in Ukraine as of May 10, 0700 GMT #AFPgraphics@AFP
#UPDATE German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a surprise trip to Ukraine on Tuesday visited Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv where Russian troops have been accused of killing civilians
#BREAKING Over 1,000 Ukraine fighters, including hundreds injured, still in Azovstal plant: Kyiv
#UPDATE Kyiv says that more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops, many of them injured, remained in the sprawling Azovstal steel works in the Russian-controlled port city of #Mariupol
"I feel total apathy. I am morally starved -- not to mention physically."
Lysychansk was once an important coal mining centre before Russia invaded #Ukraine on February 24.
Now the city is in ruins and residents rely on a tiny stream for access to water u.afp.com/w2nu
#UPDATE The Ukrainian economy is set to contract by almost one third this year in the wake of Russia's invasion, the European development bank said Tuesday u.afp.com/w2nV
#BREAKING Kyiv mayor says nearly two-thirds of residents have returned
#UPDATE The mayor of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv said Tuesday that nearly two-thirds of the capital's residents had returned after a massive exodus following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February
#BREAKING More than 8 million internally displaced in Ukraine: UN
#UPDATE More than eight million people are estimated to have been internally displaced by Russia's war in Ukraine, having fled their homes but stayed within the country, the United Nations said Tuesday
#BREAKING Germany to reopen embassy in Kyiv 'shortly': foreign minister
#BREAKING Kyiv hails Berlin's 'change of position' on oil embargo, arms to Ukraine
#BREAKING Ukraine's EU membership 'a matter of war and peace' for Europe: foreign minister
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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