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France24 says a Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars has been suspended due to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Euronews says Germany has registered a new record-high seven-day incidence for COVID-19 for the second consecutive day.

The Metro says in his strongest condemnation so far, Joe Biden said he believes Vladimir Putin ‘is a war criminal’ for his unprovoked attacks on Ukraine.

The Guardian says more than 120,000 Britons have expressed interest in hosting Ukrainian refugees, amid concerns the scheme could lead to exploitation of vulnerable women and children.

The Metro says for children fleeing war-torn Ukraine, starting school in an unfamiliar country, where there are language and cultural differences, is likely to be a tough experience.

The Metro says Russia claims it has taken over the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson.

BBC News says Boris Johnson has said the West made a “terrible mistake” and let Vladimir Putin “get away” with annexing Crimea in 2014.

The Guardian says Spain has seized a Russian oligarch’s $140m yacht in Barcelona, sources said the vessel belonged to head of Russian state conglomerate Rostec.

The Metro says a pregnant woman whose image went viral after Vladimir Putin’s forces attacked a Ukrainian hospital has died along with her baby, medics say.

The Metro says at least one person has died in Italy after a bus carrying about 50 Ukrainian refugees overturned.

The Independent says Russia is using Peppa Pig to retaliate against economic sanctions imposed worldwide against its invasion of Ukraine.

Tens of thousands of people protested across France Saturday to call for more attention to the climate crisis in the runup to presidential polls next…

Sky News says Boris Johnson says it has been “deeply upsetting” and “absolutely agonising” to refuse President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

Euronews says Expectations were low when Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov met in Turkey on Thursday.

Arab News says When Russian tanks trundled into Ukraine on Feb. 24, alarm bells started ringing in places even far away from the war zone.

TRT World says Facebook and Instagram users in some countries will be allowed to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.

The Independent says Russia’s bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol is “a war crime”, a UK defence minister says.

The Independent says over the weekend, images of a family of Ukrainian civilians killed by Russian shelling outside of Kyiv inspired worldwide outrage.

The Metro says Russia has admitted using ‘devastating’ thermobaric vacuum bombs during its invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence says.

The Metro says Ukraine’s president has survived ‘more than a dozen’ assassination attempts since Russia invaded.

BBC News says Russia could be planning a chemical or biological weapon attack in Ukraine – and “we should all be on the lookout”, the White House has said.

Euronews says Ukraine’s president has accused Russia of carrying out a “war crime” after Moscow’s airstrike on a children’s hospital in the besieged port of Mariupol.

BBC News says the UK has announced a raft of new sanctions affecting Russian aircraft and exports of space and aviation technology.

TRT World says McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Electric –– ubiquitous global brands and symbols of US corporate might.

TRT World says US President Joe Biden has banned Russian oil and other energy imports, mounting pressure on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine.