#BREAKING Rape used in Ukraine as part of Russian 'military strategy': UN envoy
#UPDATE Rapes and sexual assaults attributed to Moscow's forces in Ukraine are part of a Russian "military strategy" and a "deliberate tactic to dehumanise the victims", UN envoy Pramila Patten told @AFP in an interview
Map showing Russian strikes in Ukraine on October 14 at 0800 GMT #AFPgraphics@AFP
UN envoy Pramila Patten talked to @AFP in an interview about how rape is being used as a weapon of war in Ukraine.
#BREAKING UK's Truss appoints centrist Hunt as new finance minister
#UPDATE British PM Liz Truss has appointed Jeremy Hunt, a former candidate for the Conservative leadership, as her new finance minister in place of sacked Kwarteng. She is expected to stage a major U-turn on her right-wing economic plan following turmoil on financial markets.
#BREAKING UK's Truss says govt will U-turn and raise corporation tax
#BREAKING Putin says he 'doesn't see the need' for talks with Biden
#BREAKING Putin says Russia has no plans to expand mobilisation for Ukraine conflict
#UPDATE "We should ask him if he's ready to hold such talks with me or not. I don't see the need, to be honest," Putin said Friday about possible talks with #Biden as tensions with Washington soar over a litany of issues including Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng has dashed home from Washington for crisis talks with Prime Minister Liz Truss, with both their jobs on the line as their budget plans unravel u.afp.com/iUvn
#BREAKING UK's PM Truss to hold first news conference amid market turmoil
#UPDATE British Prime Minister Liz Truss will on Friday hold her first news conference, Downing Street said as her finance minister rushed home from a visit to Washington following a botched budget announcement
#BREAKING Sweden's right wing inks deal to form govt with far-right backing: conservative party leader
#UPDATE Three Swedish right-wing parties have agreed to form a government with the unprecedented support of the far-right Sweden Democrats, conservative leader Ulf Kristersson said Friday
#BREAKING Sweden to build new nuclear reactors: incoming govt
#BREAKING Moscow-installed head of Ukraine's Kherson region asks Russia to evacuate locals
#UPDATE The Moscow-installed head of Ukraine's southern Kherson region, which the Kremlin says it has annexed, asked Russia to help evacuate civilians from the area, in a sign that a Ukrainian counteroffensive is advancing.
📸 Liberated village of Vysokopillya, Kherson, Sep 27
#BREAKING Russia to help civilians leave Ukraine's Kherson region