#BREAKING Queen Elizabeth's death 'great loss' for the world: Japan PM
Tributes paid to Queen Elizabeth around the world.
- Memorial at Wellington Cathedral, New Zealand.
- Australian and Aboriginal flags fly at half-mast on Sydney's Harbour Bridge.
- Union Jack at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris and Tel Aviv Municipality building
VIDEO: Mournful 'God Save the Queen' rings out at Buckingham Palace shortly after news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's death
VIDEO: From Gambia to Canada, people react to Queen Elizabeth II's death
As Britain mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a string of dominions, realms and former colonies marked the loss of a shared figurehead and an irreplaceable link to a quickly fading era
#BREAKING China's Xi offers 'sincere sympathies' to Britain after queen's death
VIDEO: Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the bells of Sydney Town Hall and St Andrew's Cathedral toll 96 times, once for each year of her life
#UPDATE "Xi Jinping, representing the Chinese government and the Chinese people, as well as in his own name, expresses deep condolences... Her passing is a great loss to the British people."
Chinese President Xi offers "sincere sympathies" following the death of Queen Elizabeth
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#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
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub