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France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen went head-to-head in a bruising televised debate on Wednesday.

Euronews says a female student has been arrested in Russia for allegedly “rehabilitating Nazism” by twerking in front of a war memorial.

Aljazeera says Israel has carried out air raids in central Gaza for the second time this week, with its military saying its fighter jets attacked an underground complex used to produce rocket engines.

VOA says a wind-driven Arizona wildfire almost tripled in area on Wednesday after burning dozens of structures and forcing thousands to flee their homes in a drought-hit rural area.

BBC Sport says Manchester City leapfrogged Liverpool back to the Premier League summit thanks to three second-half goals against Brighton.

The Sun says SPAIN has dropped its rule requiring face masks indoors today, giving Brits a welcome holiday boost.

The Metro says Not guilty pleas were entered in court Tuesday for Lori Vallow, the Idaho mom accused of murdering her two children.

The Guardian says the Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov has denounced Moscow’s “massacre” in Ukraine and urged the west to help end “this insane war”.

The Guardian says a hot air balloon on its maiden flight with 12 people on board made an emergency landing in a Melbourne street.

France24 says a pivotal moment in the race for the Élysée Palace, the debate between President Macron and Marine Le Pen has been shrouded in controversy over the choice of mediator.

Euronews says bosses and unions in Germany have joined forces to oppose a possible EU ban on Russian gas, saying it would grind industry to a halt.

Arab News says Sri Lankan police fired live ammunition to scatter protesters on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring a dozen more, as the country sought rapid financial assistance from IMF.

Aljazeera says a US court’s latest ruling in a case pitting Indonesian villagers against one of the world’s most powerful oil companies was unusual enough to raise eyebrows.

The Daily Express says INDIA “is not going to change its stance on Russia at the moment” and Boris Johnson is “definitely going to raise it” during his visit to the country, according to a journalist.

The Sun says VLADIMIR Putin has suffered another blow as the commander of a Russian Black Sea vessel has been killed days after the humiliating sinking of the Moskva flagship.

The Metro says a Utah man was convicted on Friday for killing a young couple and throwing their bodies down an abandoned mine shaft because they were spending time with his then-girlfriend.

The Independent says an earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale struck waters off Davao Oriental, a province in Philippine’s Mindanao island, on Tuesday morning.

The Guardian says Californian woman Sherri Papini pleaded guilty on Monday to faking her own kidnapping and lying to the FBI.

The Guardian says for days after the Moskva cruiser sank in the Black Sea, Yulia Tsyvova had been desperately searching for information about her son Andrei.

The Gaza Strip has been rocked by Israeli airstrikes early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave as tensions rise following a weekend of bloodshed around a Jerusalem holy site.

Euronews says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the start of a Russian offensive against eastern Ukraine, part of which is in the hands of pro-Russian separatists.

VOA says a U.S. federal judge has ruled a national mask mandate on airplanes and other public transportation is not lawful, overturning a Biden administration policy.

America saw three separate mass shootings over the Easter weekend, leaving the country reeling.

Three people have officially died from Covid-19 Shanghai has confirmed, after a recent outbreak plunged the megacity into a weeks-long lockdown.

Russia has confirmed that the Russian warship Moskva – the ship damaged by an explosion on Wednesday has sunk in the Black Sea.