Zelensky will urge world powers to step up their support for Ukraine when he addresses the G7 summit on Monday, as Kyiv reels from the first Russian strikes on the capital in weeks
"All pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, and other people who ensure the launch of missiles on Ukraine must understand – we will find you all," says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Russian strikes hit a residential building in Kyiv
#BREAKING Ukraine President Zelensky urges summit to make big push to end war before year's end: G7 source
#BREAKING Zelensky urges G7 leaders to 'intensify sanctions' against Russia: G7 source
#BREAKING G7 will 'continue to increase pressure on Putin': summit host Scholz
#BREAKING G7 vows 'financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic' support for Ukraine 'for as long as it takes': statement
#BREAKING G7 voices 'serious concern' over Russian nuclear missile transfer to Belarus: statement
#BREAKING G7 calls on Russia to allow 'free passage' of 'agricultural shipping' from Ukrainian Black Sea ports
#BREAKING G7 demands Russia 'immediately' allow 'safe return' of Ukrainian nationals taken by force: statement
#BREAKING Ukraine's Zelensky tells G7 'now is not the time for negotiations' with Russia: French presidency
#BREAKING Ukraine President Zelensky asks G7 to 'limit the price of Russian oil' exports
#UPDATE President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged world powers to do their utmost to help end Russia's invasion by the end of the year, as #G7 leaders planned new sanctions and vowed to support Ukraine "as long as it takes" ▶️ u.afp.com/wD2L#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