With awards soon to be handed out at tonight's Venice Film Festival closing ceremony, a look back at some of the red carpet looks by @AFPphoto #Venezia79
@AFPphoto#BREAKING Colin Farrell and Cate Blanchett take home top acting awards at 2022 Venice Film Festival #Venezia79
@AFPphoto#BREAKING Italy's Luca Guadagnino wins best director award at Venice Film Festival for "Bones And All"
@AFPphoto#UPDATE A documentary by Oscar-winner Laura Poitras that traces an artist's campaign against the family behind the US opioid epidemic took home the Venice Film Festival's top award, while a special prize went to an imprisoned Iranian director. #Venezia79
#BREAKING Putin warns Macron attacks at #Ukraine nuclear plant could be 'catastrophic'
#UPDATE During a telephone call with Emmanuel Macron, Putin "drew attention to regular Ukrainian attacks on (Zaporizhzhia nuclear) facilities, including a radioactive waste storage facility, which is fraught with catastrophic consequences," said the Kremlin in a statement.
#BREAKING Ukraine says it has recaptured over 3,000 sq km this month from Russian forces
#UPDATE Around Kharkiv, we have begun to advance not only in the south and east, but also to the north. We are 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the border," Ukrainian general Valeriy Zaluzhny said in a statement.
The speed of Ukraine's fight back against Russia's invasion has apparently caught Moscow's military off-guard, bringing swathes of territory Russia had controlled for months back into Ukraine's fold.
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The #ItalianGrandPrix is today, and Charles Leclerc hopes Ferrari have put recent troubles behind them after giving the Italian team a great chance of winning on home soil by taking pole at the #MonzaGP on Saturday. u.afp.com/ikcA
#UPDATE Max Verstappen won the F1 #ItalianGrandPrix after fighting from seventh on the grid to beat Charles Leclerc over the line on another difficult day for Ferrari.
It leaves him in touching distance of his second straight Formula One title.
#BREAKING Prince William vows support for his father Charles III
#UPDATE Prince William on Saturday promised to honour the memory of Queen Elizabeth II by supporting his father, King Charles III, "in every way", in a heartfelt statement after his grandmother's death.
#BREAKING Queen Elizabeth II's funeral to be held on September 19: palace
#BREAKING UN chief on Pakistan floods visit says 'never seen climate carnage on this scale'
#UPDATE United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he had never witnessed "climate carnage" to the degree of the devastation caused by vast flooding in Pakistan.
#UPDATE Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers an area the size of the United Kingdom and has wiped out crops and destroyed homes, businesses, roads and bridges.
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