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Vladimir Putin has described the Chinese President as his “dear friend” as he welcomed Xi Jinping to the Kremlin – at the start of a two day visit. President Xi praised his Russian counterpart’s “strong leadership” and claimed the two countries shared some similar goals. 

The hours between markets closing on Friday and Monday are the opportunity for major financial moves that would otherwise cause market chaos.

Ukraine’s government said the visit was that of a ‘murderer returning to a crime scene’. 

The beaches of Antalya in southern Turkey have long been a favourite holiday spot for Russians but since their country invaded Ukraine it has now become home for tens of thousands.

There have been chaotic scenes today in Pakistan after police tried to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Jill Wine-Banks, was one of the prosecutors during the Watergate scandal.

Donald Trump has said that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as prosecutors consider charges over hush money payments to a porn actor. The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has been investigating a one-hundred-and-thirty-thousand dollar payment to Stormy Daniels, declined to comment.

There’s been chaos on the streets of Paris as protestors clashed with riot police overnight.

The Ukrainian government has set up an international legal taskforce to help get justice for victims of war crimes committed by Russia.

As many as 16,000 children have been forcibly removed to Russia since the full scale war began, according to Ukrainian officials – some under the guise of “humanitarian evacuation” from Russian occupied cities like Mariupol and not all of them orphans.

When a US surveillance drone ditched in the Black Sea two days ago, Moscow rejected the Americans’ claims that the actions of a Russian fighter jet had forced it down.

In Ukraine, the country’s future is being decided on the battlefield of Bakhmut, President Zelenskyy has declared. 

An American surveillance drone has been brought down over the Black Sea – after it was hit by a Russian aircraft. 

They are everything and everywhere and definitely all at once – the talk at this year’s Oscars was all about inclusion and diversity – Michelle Yeoh became the first ever Asian-American to win best actress.

Seven people including an unborn baby have been killed in a shooting in Germany by a gunman who then took his own life.