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Mohamed Salah came off the bench to assist the second of Hugo Ekitike’s double as Liverpool returned to winning ways.
Nobel Peace Prize winner among dozens released as the US removes potash sanctions.
A ceasefire deal appears distant as energy facilities are hit in Ukraine; Russia says a drone kills two.
Kim Jong Un participates in latest public event to honour North Korean troops who served with Russian forces.
A Russian drone strike hit a Turkish-owned commercial vessel at Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian attacks ‘had no … military purpose whatsoever’.
These are the key developments from day 1,388 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
UN member states endorsed the ICJ’s findings and pressed Israel to meet its legal obligations as an occupying power.
Spain detected bird flu outbreaks among wild birds in the Madrid region after hundreds of dead storks were found.
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