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Russia's Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon: Roscosmos 20 Aug 2023 - 12:32 pm
(Files) In this grab from a handout footage taken by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on August 11, 2023, a Soyuz 2.1b rocket with the Luna-25 lander blasts off. (Photo by Handout / Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / AFP)
Three dead, others injured in Paris residential building blaze 19 Aug 2023 - 08:54 pm
Peninsula
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy with Swedish Premier, Royal Family 19 Aug 2023 - 05:39 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson take a walk in the garden of the minister's countryside retreat in Harpsund, south-west of Stockholm, Sweden on August 19, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
More evacuations as 'severe' weather fans vast Tenerife wildfire 19 Aug 2023 - 04:14 pm
A picture taken in the night of August 19, 2023 shows the fronts of the forest fire on hills above houses, in the Guimar valley on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP
Russia shelled centre of north Ukrainian city Chernihiv: authorities 19 Aug 2023 - 12:36 pm
Peninsula
Zelensky visits Sweden for talks with government, royal family 19 Aug 2023 - 12:07 pm
A handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 14, 2023, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting the main command post of the operational-tactical group
Looming heat and wind threaten to stoke Spain's island wildfires 19 Aug 2023 - 10:59 am
Picture shows a forest in El Rosario after being ravaged by a wildfire raging in the interior of the Canary island of Tenerife, on August 18, 2023. Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP
US approves transfer of Dutch, Danish F-16s to Ukraine 18 Aug 2023 - 11:49 pm
File photo: A Ukrainian military helicopter is seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donbas region, Ukraine on January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
British nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies 18 Aug 2023 - 04:02 pm
An undated handout image released by Cheshire Constabulary police force in Manchester on August 17, 2023, shows a hand-written note alongside the 2016 Diary of nurse Lucy Letby. (Photo by Cheshire Constabulary / AFP) /
Firefighters battle wildfire in Spain's Tenerife island 18 Aug 2023 - 02:59 pm
In this handout image released by Military Emergency Unit (UME), military firefighters battle a forest fire on August 17, 2023 raging in the northeastern part of the Canary island of Tenerife. (Photo by Handout / UME / AFP)
Greenpeace slams Poland's new river protection law 18 Aug 2023 - 01:41 pm
(Files) An aereal view shows Polish firefighters setting up a floating damm to catch dead fish from the river Oder, on August 16, 2022, in Gryfino near Szczecin, Poland. (Photo by Marcin Bielecki / AFP)
London police probe vandalism of vehicle pollution cameras 18 Aug 2023 - 12:52 pm
File photo of Labour mayor Sadiq Khan
Ukraine port ship reaches Istanbul despite Russian blockade 17 Aug 2023 - 10:33 pm
The first cargo ship using new Black Sea shipping lanes is seen leaving the southern port of Odesa in Ukraine on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Only Ukraine can decide peace terms with Russia: NATO chief 17 Aug 2023 - 07:32 pm
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg / Reuters file photo
Ukraine receives new air defence systems from Berlin 17 Aug 2023 - 06:56 pm
A woman walks past a destroyed building in Mariupol on August 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Sweden heightens terror alert after Quran burnings 17 Aug 2023 - 06:14 pm
Sweden's Security Police Chief Charlotte von Essen (left) and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson address a press conference as the terror threat level in Sweden was raised to four on a five-point scale in Stockholm on August 17, 2023, following recent Quran burnings. (Photo by Henrik Montgomery / various sources / AFP) 
French government to hold crisis meeting as heatwave mounts 17 Aug 2023 - 04:51 pm
Members of the public take photographs in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on August 16, 2023. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Spain's Canary Isles battle 'most complex fire' in 40 years 17 Aug 2023 - 04:19 pm
In this picture taken from the village of Sobradillo, late on August 16, 2023 a wildfire rages in a forested area on the Canary island of Tenerife. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)