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Aljazeera says Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to sit down for direct talks.

TRT World says Melinda French Gates has criticised her ex-husband Bill Gates for having met multiple times with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Metro says two women who found out they had been switched at birth 55 years after a US hospital mixed them up said the discovery was ‘heartbreaking’.

The Independent says At least 6,500 people have been arrested in Russia during protests against the Ukrainian invasion, it’s claimed.

The Guardian says the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack said in a major filing on Wednesday that it believed that Donald Trump violated multiple federal laws to overturn the 2020 election.

France24 says Former justice minister Christiane Taubira pulled out of France’s presidential race on Wednesday, acknowledging her failure to collect enough signatures.

Arab News says the United States raised the alarm Wednesday over the “staggering” human cost of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

TRT World says India’s opposition has stepped up pressure on the government to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian says Texas voters headed to the polls on Tuesday in the first primary contest of the US 2022 midterm elections.

The Guardian says an MP has claimed that the Russian oligarch and Chelsea football club owner, Roman Abramovich, is hastily selling UK properties to avoid potential financial sanctions.

The Guardian says China has signalled its willingness to play a mediator role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as the war entered its sixth day.

Sky News says Russia has told people in Kyiv to leave their homes ahead of strikes on key targets – as Moscow’s advance on the capital “stalled”.

France24 says Floodwaters crashed into more towns on Australia’s east coast as a deadly storm front barrelled south on Wednesday towards Sydney.

Euronews says more than 6,000 arrests in Russia during protests over Ukraine war – protests show little sign of abating despite crackdown.

TRT World says police have clashed with anti-vax demonstrators outside New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington, using pepper spray and making dozens of arrests.

The Metro says a New York man has won a $10million lottery prize – for the second time in three years.

The Metro says Russia will soon be under investigation for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, the International Criminal Court has confirmed.

The Metro says The President of Belarus has said the international sanctions against Russia are ‘pushing the world to the brink of World War Three’.

The Independent says Priti Patel has said the Government is “absolutely working on” the possibility of helping Ukrainian refugees come to the UK.

The Independent says the climate crisis is adversely affecting mental health as extreme weather events cause trauma and livelihoods are lost, a landmark United Nations report has said.

Euronews says Ukraine’s Navy has said that 13 border guards defending Snake Island are alive and have been captured by Russia.

Evening Standard says a massive convoy of Russian military armour stretching for 40 miles is advancing on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, satellite images showed on Tuesday.

Arab News says Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation on Monday instructed all airlines operating at airports in the Kingdom to exempt all Saudis traveling from Ukraine.

Aljazeera says Warner Bros is halting the release of The Batman in Russia, as Hollywood moved to cease distribution plans in the country following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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