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The Guardian says Ukraine has defied an ultimatum by the Russian military for its forces to surrender the city of Mariupol.

The Guardian says Joe Biden’s ambassador to the United Nations warned on Sunday there was little immediate hope of a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.

The Guardian says a car drove at high speed into a group of Belgian carnival performers who were preparing a parade early on Sunday.

France24 says Up to 50,000 refugees have been arriving each day in the Polish town of Przemyśl near the border with Ukraine.

Euronews says Germany is scaling back its COVID protection measures as the amended Infection Protection Act came into force on Sunday.

TRT World says the death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia at the weekend has risen to 25, amid fears that 35 others in the same boat have drowned.

VOA says Ukraine rejected a Russian ultimatum to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol Monday, as President Zelenskyy said he is ready for peace negotiations with Putin.

An aircraft repair plant near the western Ukraine city of Lviv has been struck by Russian missiles.

The Independent says Brittney Griner’s family say the basketball star is “OK” but not “good” as Russia extended her detention by at least several more months.

The Independent says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky invoked the fall of the Berlin Wall in an emotional address before the German parliament on Thursday.

The Metro says a 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel in a deadly head-on crash that killed nine people.

Euronews says Italy has decided to ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions and will not extend the country’s state of emergency.

TRT World says Brazilian tribal leaders and advocates have criticised the granting of an Indigenous rights award to President Jair Bolsonaro.

Four people died after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan struck off the northern Japanese coast on Wednesday. Today, residents in Fukushima and Miyagi are cleaning up their homes. Fixing fallen…

The Independent says Vladimir Putin has accused the west of trying to “violate” and “dismember” Russia and sent a warning to those within his country he labelled as traitors.

The cargo ship Al Salmy 6 capsized during rough and stormy weather in the Gulf, Captain Nizar Qaddoura, operations manager of the Salem Al Makrani Cargo company, said.

The Metro says there are some survivors from the devastating Russian bombing of a theatre, where hundreds of people were sheltering, Ukrainian authorities say.

The Guardian says a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening.

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 Independent says The mastermind and four accomplices accused of orchestrating the September 11 terrorist attack could avoid the death penalty under a plea deal being negotiated by prosecutors.

The Guardian says No charges will be filed against the Chicago police officers who chased and fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez within days of each other last year.

The Guardian says a Russian court has fined Marina Ovsyannikova 30,000 roubles (£215) for violating protest laws after she broke onto a live news broadcast to protest the war.

Ukrainian military shot down three more Russian attack jets The Ukrainian military has given a new operational update for Wednesday morning covering the last 24 hour period, saying they have…

Euronews says Russian prosecutors have called for opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be imprisoned for 13 years in a maximum-security prison.

Arab News says nearly $14 billion of international aid donated to Yemen in the past seven years has made an “enormous difference” to the people of the country, according to the UN’s humanitarian chief.