#BREAKING Biden says allies will 'figure out exactly what happened' in Poland
#UPDATE President Biden says after meeting allies that they will support Poland in probing "exactly what happened" in a missile strike that hit Polish territory.
He says preliminary information shows it was probably was not fired "from Russia" - citing the missile's trajectory
The US and its allies say they will investigate a deadly strike in Poland before deciding next steps, with President Joe Biden saying it was "unlikely" the missile was fired from Russia
#BREAKING France urges "utmost caution" on origin of missile strike on NATO member Poland, warning "many countries have the same kind of weapons, so identifying the type of missile won't necessarily identify who is behind it"
#BREAKING China says all parties 'should stay calm' after Poland missile strike
#BREAKING Poland missile strike 'statement by Russia for G20': Zelensky speech
Poland's military on high alert after a deadly missile strike on a village near the border with Ukraine.
Western leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit, where they urged against jumping to any conclusions about the origins of the strike
#BREAKING Germany's Scholz warns against 'hasty' conclusion on Poland missile strike
#BREAKING NATO holds emergency talks on Poland missile blast: diplomats
#UPDATE NATO ambassadors went into emergency talks on Wednesday after a missile explosion killed two civilians in a Polish village near the border with war-torn Ukraine
📸 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Map locating the Polish village of Przewodow, where a deadly missile strike killed two people on November 15 #AFPgraphics@AFP
The members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and those countries seeking to join the security alliance #AFPgraphics@AFP
#BREAKING Russia has 'nothing to do with' missile landing in Poland: Kremlin
#UPDATE The Kremlin has praised Washington's "measured" response after a missile landed in Poland and US President Joe Biden said it was "unlikely" that it had come from Russia.
#BREAKING Polish president says 'very likely' missile was from Ukraine air defence
#UPDATE Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday said it was "very likely" that the deadly missile that struck a Polish border village was from Ukraine's air defence
#UPDATE NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said a deadly explosion in Poland was probably the result of Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire but that Russia bears "ultimate responsibility" for the war.
#UPDATE Poland on Wednesday said a deadly blast that killed two people in a village near the border with Ukraine was likely caused by a stray Ukrainian air defence missile launched against a Russian barrage u.afp.com/iqbA
#BREAKING Ukraine requests 'immediate access' to Poland missile blast site
#UPDATE Kyiv on Wednesday requested "immediate access" to the site of a deadly blast in a Polish village after Western officials said the explosion there was likely caused by Ukrainian air defences ▶️ u.afp.com/iqEC
#BREAKING Moscow summons Polish ambassador after Ukraine's missile allegations
VIDEO: 🇵🇱 Polish village in shock after missile blast
"I haven’t slept all night" said one resident of #Przewodow, near the Ukrainian border, where two men were killed in a blast Tuesday. Poland has said the blast was likely caused by a stray Ukrainian air defence missile
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#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