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The battle for the main eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk raged on Sunday with Russian forces conducting assault operations that led to street fighting with Ukraine defenders. It was unclear if Severodonetsk – the focus of weeks of…

Listen to this story: Berlin, Germany – Having visited the German capital twice before, Polina Punegova, from the Russian port city of St Petersburg, had often told her Ukrainian partner Yulia Maznyk that she would love Berlin’s…

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 95th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here are the key events so far on Sunday, May 29. Get the latest updates here. Fighting Fighting for the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk…

Riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray at Liverpool supporters forced to endure long waits to get into the Champions League final against Real Madrid as chaos erupted outside the Stade de France in Paris. UEFA and French authorities…

Liverpool couldn’t find way past Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois: ‘Today nobody was going to get in my way,’ he said.Real Madrid became European champions for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions…

The Russian leader tells France and Germany that Moscow is ‘ready’ to allow Ukraine grain exports in lieu of sanctions relief. Russian President Vladimir Putin tells the leaders of France and Germany that Moscow is ready to look for ways…

A viciously sharp satire about class conflict wins the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France.Ruben Ostlund’s social satire, Triangle of Sadness, won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing Ostlund…

Kyiv has been unable to export grain supplies due to Russia’s invasion, which has sent global food prices soaring.Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the leaders of France and Germany that Moscow was “ready” to look for ways to…

Vladimir Putin tells France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz that the continuing arms supplies to Ukraine are ‘dangerous’.Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz against…

Malta has lost the highest percentage of soil to construction activity in Europe, fresh data has revealed.  Figures from Eurostat show that, by 2018, the island’s rate of ‘soil sealing’ was 18 per cent of its total land area. Soil…