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

The Independent says at the arrivals hall in Dublin airport a grandmother won’t let go of her newborn grandson.

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

The Guardian says China has already decided to provide Russia with economic and financial support during its war on Ukraine and is contemplating sending military supplies such as armed drones, US officials fear.

The Guardian says an employee on Russia’s state Channel One television has interrupted the channel’s main news programme with an extraordinary protest against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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.

Euronews says at least 3 powerful explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv. It has become a regular tactic of Russian forces to launch strikes overnight.

Arab News says on Tuesday, oil prices fell to a two-week low following continued ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine.

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

The Independent says Russia will be at “war with Nato” if it bombs any of the military alliance’s territory, Sajid Javid has warned.

BBC News says the US says China will face harsh “consequences” if it aids Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, according to US media reports.

Euronews says Russia say that internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram on Monday because it is being used to “call for violence” against Russian soldiers.

Aljazeera says an American journalist was killed in Ukraine when he and a colleague came under fire near the capital, Kyiv, regional police have said.

The Metro says Furious Vladimir Putin is said to have sacked eight top generals in anger over the slow pace of the Ukraine invasion.

The Guardian says Disney has become the latest company to suspend its Russian operations in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

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

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.

The Guardian says Britain and the US fear Russia could be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon in Ukraine after Kremlin officials alleged without firm evidence that the US had been supporting a bioweapons programme in the country.

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.