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Ukrainian firefighters battle huge blaze at Kiev fuel depot – video
Firefighters battle to stop the spread of a huge blaze engulfing a fuel depot on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kiev. The fire burned overnight and by Tuesday morning had spread to at least 16 tanks, most of them storing petrol, sending a huge pall of smoke over the area near Vasylkiv, 19 miles from Kiev. Three firefighters were...
Ukraine firefighters feared dead after fuel depot explosion
‘Gigantic’ fire sets trucks alight and spreads to nearby buildings after explosion at fuel depot near Vasylkiv, south-west of KievSeveral Ukrainian firefighters are feared to have died after a blast tore through a fuel depot outside Kiev, sparking a huge fire that spread to nearby buildings.Videos posted online showed the force of the...
Vladimir Putin trying recreate ‘glories of Soviet empire’, says Barack Obama – video
The US president has launched a broadside against the Russian president, accusing him of attempting to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire. Asked about the situation in Ukraine, Barack Obama said the G7 partner countries had discussed what to do if Russia ‘doubled down on aggression inside Ukraine.’ Continuing on Vladimir Putin,...
G7 leaders ready to tighten sanctions against Russia if Ukraine crisis escalates
Barack Obama warns that ‘additional steps’ could be taken if Russia were to ‘double down’ on behaviour in UkraineBarack Obama has used the close of the G7 summit in Germany to deliver his strongest criticism yet of Vladimir Putin, lambasting the Russian president’s isolationist approach as the seven leaders signalled their...
Isis in Iraq: ‘We don’t yet have a complete strategy’, Obama says
US president: Pentagon working on plan to recruit and train Iraqi troopsRussia, Fifa, US immigration and healthcare also mentioned at G7 summitThe United States does not “yet have a complete strategy” for standing up an Iraqi force to take on Isis militants, President Barack Obama said on Monday, a year after the capture by Isis of the northern...
Violent clashes at Ukrainian gay rights march
Several people on march and police officers injured as far-right groups attack parade in KievDozens of unknown assailants have attacked a gay rights march in Kiev, injuring several marchers and police officers.The attackers hurled teargas and smoke bombs at the 300 marchers as they walked along along the Dnipro river bank in the Ukrainian capital...
The 20 photographs of the week
The migrant crisis in Greece and Burma, violence in Syria and Burundi, a monkey in makeup and hungry dolphin – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
Russia backs Ukraine peace deal but Kiev is blocking progress, says Putin
Moscow fully supports the Minsk peace agreements, but is being held back by Ukraine, says the Russian president, Vladimir Putin Russia fully backs the Minsk peace agreements in Ukraine, but progress is being stalled by Kiev, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said in an interview in Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on Saturday. “Russia...
Cameron puts corruption on G7 agenda after Fifa bribery scandal
Prime minister to tell summit that leading nations must ‘break the taboo on talking about corruption’, calling it ‘arch-enemy of democracy and development’David Cameron is preparing to warn fellow world leaders at the two-day G7 summit that starts in Germany on Sunday that the Fifa bribery scandal must be a trigger for international...
Amateur footage of rebels firing on Ukrainian military – video
Footage emerges of gun battles in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian and government forces as Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko warns of a ‘full-scale invasion’. The footage, shot by the pro-rebel Spasidonbass (Save Donbass) foundation on Tuesday, purports to show rebel soldiers exchanging fire with the Ukrainian military in...
