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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Around 100 Ukrainian civilians were being evacuated from a ruined steel works in the city of Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after the United Nations had confirmed a "safe passage operation" was in progress there.

Reuters

Inflation bites hardest in developing world as Ukraine war raises prices

Poorer countries – hampered by Covid debt and aid cuts – are facing hunger and unrest as conflict pushes up the cost of staples

The Guardian - UK

Russia Strikes Kyiv during UN Chief's Visit, Biden Asks for $33bn for Ukraine

Russian forces bombarded Ukraine's capital late Thursday during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who decried the "absurdity" of war in the 21st century, as US President Joe Biden asked for $33 billion more to support Kyiv. At least three people were wounded in the strikes in the western…

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Zelensky says Russia talks close to collapse as fighting rages in east Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that peace talks with Moscow were close to collapse due to public anger over atrocities allegedly committed by Russian troops. Stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops and caution on Russia’s part after its forces failed to capture Kyiv has led to Moscow’s "slow and uneven…

France 24

UN head condemns attacks on civilians during Ukraine visit

The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become “an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain.”

The Independent UK

Ukraine warns talks with Russia may collapse as battles rage in east

Ukraine warned on Friday that peace talks with Moscow were in danger of collapse and said Russia was pounding areas in the east as U.S. lawmakers vowed to swiftly approve a massive new weapons package for Kyiv.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 65 of the invasion

Ukrainian capital rocked by Russian missile strikes while UN secretary general visited

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Ukrainians 'huddle in rubble as steel works hospital blasted by Russian bomb'

A video believed to be from inside the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol shows people huddling in darkness and covered in rubble after the makeshift hospital was blasted by a Russian bomb

Daily Mirror

Zelenskiy urges ‘strong response’ after Russia strikes Kyiv during UN Ukraine visit

Ukraine president and foreign minister decry ‘heinous act’ that came hours after Biden requested a $33bn package in military, economic and humanitarian aid

The Guardian - US

Russia launches new wave of attacks on Kyiv and Ukraine’s east as Biden seeks massive aid package

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Ending days of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, Russia on Thursday bombarded Kyiv — as the head of the United Nations visited and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — while also ramping up attacks along the besieged country’s eastern front, Ukrainian officials said.

Los Angeles Times

‘It’s a long path forward,’ Blinken tells US senators as Haiti gang conflict intensifies

An ongoing conflict between heavily armed Haitian gangs on the eastern outskirts of Port-au-Prince has left at least 18 civilians dead and forced several hundred individuals, including children, from their homes, the country’s Office of Civil Protection and the United Nations humanitarian organization said.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

BREAKING: Russia launches fresh airstrikes on Kyiv during visit from United Nations Secretary-General

Mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko said that the blasts hit a central part of the city, forcing three people to be hospitalised.

Chronicle Live

Morning mail: Labor message on Morrison resonates with voters, Kyiv hit by strikes amid UN visit, best food photography

Friday: A new poll shows which party’s slogans are cutting through to the public, with Labor coming out on top. Plus: Get set for more wet weather

The Guardian - UK

Laureus honours sports heroes

On the occasion of the 2022 Laureus World Sports Awards held in Seville, Spain, last Sunday, IWC Schaffhausen unveiled the Portofino Chronograph 39 Edition Laureus Sport For Good, limited to 1,000 pieces.

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Food chain 'must change'

The government is investing to accelerate food system transformation with a focus on knowledge and technology-based investment in a bid to ensure the country's food security, while reaffirming its commitment to the UN's framework through the Bio-Circular-Green Economy (BCG) model.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war: Mariupiol authorities hold 'deadly epidemic' fears, UN chief 'shocked' as missiles hit Kyiv — as it happened

Mariupol authorities sound the alarm over unsanitary conditions they say pose a "deadly danger" to the city's remaining residents.

Reuters

Brazil front-runner Lula shores up party alliances for October election

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told allies on Thursday he aims to represent a seven-party center-left coalition in his challenge to incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in this October's election.

Daily Mirror

Russia launches fresh airstrikes on Kyiv during UN Secretary General's visit

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the blasts had hit a central part of the city and three people were taken to hospital

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The Independent UK

UN: Brazil's Lula was illegally barred from 2018 race

A U.N. human rights panel of experts has given a moral victory to former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Moves Centrifuge-Parts Workshop Underground at Natanz, IAEA Says

Iran's new workshop at Natanz for making parts for centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, has been set up underground, UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday, a move apparently aimed at protecting it from possible attacks. The workshop uses machines from a now-closed facility at Karaj that suffered…

The Hindu

India’s position on unilateral sanctions hasn’t changed a bit: Ministry of External Affairs

Ahead of PM’s European tour, the Ministry of External Affairs asserts India’s independent policy on Russia

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Coalition to Release 163 Houthis Who Had Taken Part in Hostilities Against Saudi Arabia

The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced on Thursday that the Joint Forces Command will release 163 Houthi detainees who had taken part in hostilities against the Kingdom, reported the Saudi Press Agency. The move is a humanitarian initiative in extension of previous ones. It also supports all the efforts aimed at…

Reuters

UN doing all it can to make evacuation from Ukrainian steel plant possible - Guterres

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said after talks in Kyiv on Thursday that his organisation was doing all it could to enable the evacuation of a steel plant where fighters and civilians are holed up in the city of Mariupol.

Reuters

U.N. committee finds Brazil graft probe violated Lula's rights

The U.N. human rights committee said on Thursday that Brazil graft investigators violated due process in bringing a case against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that led to his imprisonment and barred him from running for office in 2018.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: the (apprehensive) view from neighbouring Moldova

It feels as if there has been an added whiff of danger about the conflict in Ukraine this week, which – for the first time since the Russian military crossed the border two months ago – threatens to go beyond Ukraine into neighbouring countries and, perhaps, Russia itself.

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