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US push for UN censure of North Korea appears to stall -diplomats

U.N. Security Council negotiations on a U.S. push for the 15-member body to condemn North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches appear to have stalled after diplomats said China and Russia had stopped engaging.

Reuters

Wildfires rage in Russia's Ural mountains, Siberia

Wildfires have raged in Russia’s Ural mountains and in Siberia this week, with authorities promising to swiftly contain them

The Independent UK

Operations suspended at Ukraine nuclear plant in case of 'provocations' - TASS

Operations at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are being suspended in case of "provocations" by Ukrainian forces, the TASS state news agency said on Monday, citing the Moscow-installed governor of the Russia-controlled part of the surrounding region.

Reuters

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The West's uphill battle to sanction Russian diamonds

Russia counts diamonds as one of its top 10 non-energy exports by value.

Axios

‘Liverpool is a Little Kyiv’: cities unite on livestream for Rave UKraine events

Simultaneous dance events held as part of Eurovision build-up, with ticket proceeds to help people in war-torn Ukrainian cities

The Guardian - UK

Latest on Ukraine: Russia will mark WWII Victory Day, as Ukraine war rolls on (May 8)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 439 of the invasion

Red Cross warehouse destroyed in Odesa as Russia launches another major assault on Ukraine; 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in the battle to capture Bakhmut, says Ukraine general

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Four killed in Russian air attacks ahead of Victory Day: Ukraine

New wave of attacks launched ahead of Russian holiday commemorating Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

Al Jazeera

Russian jet causes NATO plane to 'lose control' in tense mid-air confrontation

Poland's border force reported that a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet approached one of its aircraft without following the appropriate radio protocols and passed just five metres from the nose of the plane in a clear provocation

Daily Mirror

Ukraine civilians injured as Russia launches wave of missile and drone strikes

Air raid sirens and explosions were heard in Kyiv and in the western city of Odesa, officials have said, just a day before Russia's Victory Day on Tuesday, May 9

Daily Mirror

Breakaway Moldovan region suggests Russia deploy more peacekeepers -RIA

Moldova's unrecognised breakaway region of Transdniestria said on Monday it wanted Moscow to bulk up its small contingent of peacekeepers because of what it called growing security risks, Russia's RIA news agency reported.

Reuters

Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold

President Bashar al-Assad always saw time as an ally in Syria's civil war, alongside the Russian and Iranian firepower he turned on his foes, sources familiar with his thinking say.

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Wave of attacks on cities before Victory Day holiday

Russia launched its biggest swarm of drones for months against Ukraine on the eve of Russia's May 9 holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, striking the capital Kyiv, the Black Sea city of Odesa and shelling other cities.

Reuters

Ukraine farms lose workers to war, complicating a tough harvest

Dutchman Kees Huizinga has faced many challenges in the two decades he has spent as a farmer in Ukraine. Russia's invasion has thrown up one challenge he never expected.

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Russia rains missiles on Ukrainian cities before Victory Day

Russia has carried out drone, missile and air strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities through the night, before its Victory Day holiday.

Reuters

Ukraine says Russia has effectively stopped Black Sea grain deal

Russia has effectively stopped the Black sea grain deal by refusing to register incoming vessels, Ukraine's reconstruction ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

EU takes aim at Chinese firms in proposed new Russia sanctions - sources

The European Union's executive has proposed blacklisting several Chinese companies and curbing exports to nations seen as involved in bypassing Russia trade restrictions under new sanctions against Moscow for the war against Ukraine.

Reuters

Suspect in car bomb attack on Russian nationalist writer charged with terrorism

Russian investigators on Monday charged a man suspected of carrying out a car bombing that wounded a prominent Russian nationalist writer with terrorist offences.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Wagner says no ammunition from Putin ahead of Victory Day parade

Bakhmut fight will go on as mercenary chief says he does not want to ‘spoil’ celebrations

The Guardian - UK

As the Ukraine war grinds on, Russia is becoming a cultural wasteland

Putin once saw advantage in giving writers a degree of freedom, even to be critical. Those days are long gone, and Russia’s artists are fleeing, says writer William Fear

The Independent UK

Ukraine shoots down 35 drones over Kyiv as attacks kill 3

Ukrainian air defenses have shot down 35 Iranian-made drones over Kyiv in Russia’s latest nighttime assault

Daily Mirror

Humanitarian crisis grows as chaotic evacuation continues near Ukraine nuke plant

Russia's evacuation has prompted an announcement from the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, who expressed growing concern about the safety of the Zaporizhzhia power station

Reuters

Uzbek president calls snap presidential election - RIA

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has called a snap presidential election, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Monday, without giving a date.

Reuters

Ukraine moves day to mark Nazi surrender in shift towards West

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy moved on Monday to formalise the day that Ukraine marks the allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two as May 8, aligning it with Western nations in a repudiation of the Soviet past quickly condemned by Moscow.

Reuters

Russian citizens take language test to avoid expulsion from Latvia

In a Stalinist skyscraper which dominates the skyline of Latvia's capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a proof of loyalty to a country where they have lived for decades.

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