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More than 140,000 flee Ukraine in 24 hours: UN

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine increased by more than 140,000 in 24 hours, according to United Nations figures issued Wednesday, with more than 2.15 million now having fled since Russia invaded on Feb 24.

Bangkok Post

The people in Wales whose families are in Ukraine or have fled the country

'I go to bed and wake up and hope they are still alive'

Wales Online

‘Lies and deceit shameful’ as Britons warn of ‘riots’ at visa centres

Priti Patel has faced a storm of criticism in recent days for the UK’s handling of the crisis as the United Nations confirmed two million people have fled Ukraine

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U.N. investigators urges U.S. to probe attacks in Syria

U.N. war crimes investigators urged the United States on Wednesday to carry out thorough probes into civilian casualties caused by the U.S. air strikes in Syria to ensure that those responsible for any violations are held to account.

Reuters

Holly Willoughby gets emotional as This Morning gives update on singing Ukrainian girl

Holly Willoughby could not hid her emotion on Thursday's This Morning as the show gave an update on Amelia Anisovych, who went viral after she was filmed singing Let It Go from Disney's Frozen in a Ukrainian bunker

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl ‘cut off from grid by Russians’, sparking fears over cooling of spent nuclear fuel

Work to repair connection not possible because fighting is still under way

The Independent UK

Girl shot dead by 'bored' Russian soldiers as family forced to bury her in garden

Russian troops began 'shooting everywhere they could see' after a Ukraine boy fired a gun into the air.

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Mosul's Old City Rises from Rubble in War-scarred Iraq

Beneath what remains of the 12th-century Al-Hadba minaret, builders work on a project to revive Mosul's Old City, reduced to rubble during Iraq's battle to retake the city from jihadists. Mosques, churches and century-old houses are being brought back to life in the northern metropolis, which the ISIS group seized…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian bombing of maternity hospital ‘genocide’, says Zelenskiy

Authorities say at least 17 wounded by airstrikes including women in labour as shelling again halts evacuations

The Guardian - UK

Infographic: Which countries buy the most Russian weapons?

Russia is the world’s second-largest arms exporter with India buying one-quarter of those weapons.

Al Jazeera

‘Smells of genocide’: How Putin justifies Russia’s war in Ukraine

Experts analyse the Russian president’s claims of ‘genocide’ as justification for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military invasion is underway after diplomatic efforts fail

The Independent UK

Commentary: Russia can’t — and shouldn’t — be kicked off the United Nations Security Council

Over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the removal of the Russian Federation from its seat on the Security Council of the United Nations. According to Ukrainian diplomats, Russia was never formally recognized as a successor state to the Soviet Union, so it now should be deprived of…

Chicago Tribune

90 years of wisdom from Andrew Young

ATLANTA — Andrew Young, who turns 90 years old this weekend, has a resumé Iike few others — pastor, civil rights hero, refugee resettler, congressman, mayor, United Nations ambassador, human rights champion, businessman and Olympic Games recruiter.

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UK issues just 760 visas as Tory says Zelenksy wants refugees to stay near Ukraine

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps defended the UK's record in welcoming refugees fleeing the Russian invasion amid mounting criticism over the speed of the scheme

Asharq Al-Awsat

Washington Reiterates Support to Autonomy Plan in Sahara

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Tuesday that Washington supports the autonomy plan, proposed by Morocco in 2007, as a final solution to the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara. "The United States continues to consider the Moroccan autonomy plan as serious, credible and realistic, and as an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA Says Loses Contact with Chernobyl Nuclear Data Systems

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the UN's atomic watchdog, the agency said Tuesday, as it voiced concern for staff working under Russian guard at the Ukrainian facility. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the defunct plant, site of a 1986 disaster that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief Warns Pandemic Not Over, Decries Vaccine Inequality

After two years the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over and could be prolonged further due to "scandalously unequal" vaccine distribution, the UN secretary-general warned Wednesday. "The pandemic’s most tragic toll has been on the health and lives of millions, with more than 446 million cases worldwide, more than six…

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‘This is a fossil fuel war’: Ukraine’s top climate scientist speaks out

As western governments untangle themselves from Russian oil and gas, Svitlana Krakovska notes that the roots of the climate crisis and invasion are in fossil fuels

ABC News

Thousands evacuate from Ukraine through humanitarian corridor, with more set to open up

Ukraine will on Wednesday try to ensure civilians can evacuate the country through six "humanitarian corridors", including from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says.

Daily Mirror

Brit landlady bars Putin from drinking at her pub - 'My punters would wreck him'

Landlady Sam Rice, who runs the Loaf and Cheese in Burton upon Trent, warned Vladimir Putin he would get "wrecked" if he popped into her pub for a pint after his brutal invasion of Ukraine

Al Jazeera

‘Apocalyptic’: Ukraine crisis worsens as Russia ramps up attacks

Two million people have fled the country, 650,000 are without electricity, and 130,000 have no fuel.

The News Lens

UN Commissioner To Travel to Xinjiang on Long-delayed China Visit

Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has come under criticism for failing to release a report on Xinjiang commissioned more than three-and-a-half years ago. Human rights activists have been waiting for its publication for months, and called on her to release it without delay.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine calls Russia's humanitarian corridors a 'genocidal' hoax

KYIV: The United States has banned imports of Russian oil, firing one of its biggest economic weapons against Moscow over the war in Ukraine where new humanitarian corridors were set to open Wednesday for civilians trying to escape besieged cities.

Asharq Al-Awsat

West to Russia: Do Not Sabotage Iran Deal with New Conditions

Western powers on Tuesday warned Russia against wrecking an almost completed deal on bringing the United States and Iran back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord, as Iran's top negotiator was set to return from consultations in Tehran. Eleven months of talks to restore the deal which lifted sanctions…

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