#BREAKING Britain urges more weapons for Ukraine to keep pressure on Putin: foreign minister
#BREAKING G7 'strongly united' in backing Ukraine until its victory: France
#UPDATE UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urges allies to keep arming Ukraine and increase sanctions against Russia, as Group of Seven nations meet in Germany.
"It is very important at this time that we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons to Ukraine"
#UPDATE France says G7 is committed to helping Ukraine win its war against Russia as the group holds talks in Germany.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says G7 countries are "very strongly united" in their will to "continue in the long term to support Ukraine's fight"
#BREAKING Russian grain theft in eastern Ukraine 'repugnant': German agriculture minister at G7
#BREAKING EU pledges extra 500 million euros ($520 million) in Ukraine military aid: Borrell at G7
#UPDATE The G7 group of industrialised nations are united in backing Ukraine “until victory”, France said on Friday, as the EU promised an extra 500 million euros ($520 million) of military aid for Kyiv in its fight against Russia’s invasion u.afp.com/w65b#G7GER
#BREAKING Kyiv asks G7 to seize Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine: Ukraine foreign minister
#BREAKING Ukraine foreign minister says EU sanctions without embargo on Russian oil would mean bloc's unity 'broken'
#BREAKING German Chancellor Scholz told Putin Russia bears 'responsibility' for disruptions to global food supply: statement
#UPDATE Leading democracies in the Group of Seven (#G7) on Friday pledged unwavering support for Ukraine in its war with Russia while the European Union promised to hike military support for Kyiv by more than half a billion dollars ▶️ u.afp.com/w6cx#G7GER
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#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
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea