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Bel Trew The woman bombed three times by Russians and who has survived each one

On Sunday, Larissa’s latest place of refuge was struck by shelling, but again she dodged death. International correspondent Bel Trew reports from North Saltivka on an extraordinary tale of human survival

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Shark in Egypt’s Red Sea kills two tourists

US

Japan's Kishida gets mandate, Blinken brings US condolences

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Europe

Putin’s soldiers ‘mentally and physically exhausted’, claims UK - live

Russian attack kills 15 in Donetsk housing block, says Ukraine

Nine women ‘spiked with date rape drug’ at German political event

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Zelensky sacks Ukraine’s ambassadors to five countries

Anxiety grows for Ukraine's grain farmers as harvest begins

Ukraine reports civilian deaths as Russian strikes unleash ‘true hell’

Moscow ‘rubbing its hands with glee’ over Boris Johnson departure

Africa

Spy chiefs warn Botswana’s ex-president of attempts on his life

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At least 22 young people found dead in South African nightclub

At least 22 young people found dead in South Africa nightclub

18 dead in huge rush across border into Spanish enclave Melilla

Patrice Lumumba’s gold tooth returned to family by Brussels

Extreme Ethiopia drought sees hungry monkeys attack children

Rwanda deportation flight grounded after last-minute ECHR intervention

Asia

Sri Lanka’s political chaos deepens as protesters demand ‘clean start’

Videos show Sri Lankan protesters taking dip in president palace pool

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Japan goes to poll as police admit flaws in Shinzo Abe’s security

Sri Lankan prime minister’s house set on fire amid mass protests

Ranil Wickremesinghe agrees to step down as Sri Lankan prime minister

Sri Lankan president ‘flees’ as protesters storm his residence

Shinzo Abe’s body brought back to Tokyo as politicians resume campaign

Chaos after four stabbed in bloody knife attack in Shanghai hospital

Filipino Nobel peace prize winner loses appeal for cyber libel

15 Indian pilgrims dead, 40 missing after cloudburst near Amarnath

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar China stages major new military drills around Taiwan

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot - live

Ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot during speech

Australasia

Man dies after being pulled from river amid Sydney floods

Calls for changes to law allowing New Zealanders to defecate in open

Jacinda Ardern warns against China’s rising assertiveness at Nato

11 arrested during massive climate protest in Sydney

Nasa launches first commercial rocket from spaceport in Australia

Women in Australia’s mining industry face rampant sexual harassment

Hunt for ‘serial pest’ smashing up mobile speed camera cars

Police arrest suspect after four injured in mass stabbing in Auckland