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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said the US and Russia are moving in the "right direction" to end the war in Ukraine.

Events in Ukraine over the last 24 hours have been utterly barbaric. Bad even by the standards of this horrendous war.  

It was a dank miserable day when the Aer Lingus flight - callsign Shepherd 1 - splashed down at Ireland West Airport in Knock, Co Mayo. Pretty typical for August in these parts, they say.

First he took the US on a collision course with China. Then he came for the rest of the world.

Pakistan's defence minister has told Sky News that a row over a mass shooting in Kashmir could lead to an "all-out war" between his country and India.

It's a crime scene that could have global consequences.

India and Pakistan have cancelled visas for their citizens to each other's countries as tensions ramp up between the nuclear-armed neighbours following an attack in Kashmir that killed 26 people.

A student has been killed and three others were injured in a stabbing at a French private school.

The Israeli military has admitted its troops were behind the deadly shelling of a UN guest house in Gaza last month, after previously denying responsibility.

The White House is desperate for a breakthrough.