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Europe
Zelensky declares ‘beginning of the end’ in Kherson as spy chiefs meet
The Ukrainian President visited the city reclaimed on Saturday, while the highest-ranking face-to-face talks between US and Russia took place in Turkey.
- by Sam Mednick
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Australian troops join wargames in face of China and Russia threats
About 200 elite Defence Force personnel joined British and American counterparts in the US’ joint exercises that simulate conflict in the Pacific and mainland Europe.
- by Rob Harris
Putin tried to assimilate a Ukrainian city. It backfired
National songs were banned. Speaking Ukrainian could lead to arrest. Young students were told they were Russians. But locals quietly resisted.
- by Andrew Kramer
‘Smells like terrorism’: Person arrested after deadly explosion rocks central Istanbul
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says an explosion that tore through a busy pedestrian street in Istanbul may have been a terror attack.
- by David Gauthier-Villars and Azra Ceylan
‘Historic moment’: Banksy art sighted on walls of Ukrainian war ruins
The town of Borodyanka was the target of shelling and fighting in the early stages of the Russian invasion, which turned apartment buildings into charred, bombed-out hulks.
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Climate policy
Australia not paying its ‘fair share’, EU’s climate chief says
Australia’s renewed climate ambitions do not make up for its failure to pay enough to help poorer nations fight climate, the European Union’s most senior climate policymaker says.
- by Rob Harris
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Russia-Ukraine war
Putin’s Kherson humiliation is no reason to ease the pressure
Those urging negotiations with Russia with Ukraine pushing forward are misreading the situation.
- The Age's View
Editorial
Russia-Ukraine war
Defeat in Kherson is a personal humiliation for Putin
If you want to feel good about the world for a brief moment, go online and search for videos of the scenes on the streets of Kherson over the weekend.
- The Herald's View
‘Donetsk battles are ‘hell’, Zelensky says as Kherson mops up
Russian forces destroyed key infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson before fleeing, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
- by David Ljjungren and Jonathan Landay
Man who lived 18 years at Paris airport, inspiring Tom Hanks movie, dies at same airport
The Iranian man caught the attention of Steven Spielberg after he was caught up in a bizarre legal limbo and unable to leave Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport.
- by Jeffrey Schaeffer
Russia buries news of major retreat from Kherson, calling it ‘manoeuvre’
The withdrawal is the latest in a string of setbacks suffered by the Russian military since it invaded Ukraine nearly nine months ago.
- by Neil MacFarquhar and Andrew Kramer