A state of emergency has been declared in California as the largest active wildfire in the US rapidly spreads near Yosemite National Park.

President Zelenskiy denounced the strikes as blatant “barbarism” that showed Moscow could not be trusted to implement Friday’s deal.

The deal signed on Friday by Moscow and Kyiv and mediated by the UN and Turkey was hailed as a breakthrough after five months fighting. 

The WHO label – a “public health emergency of international concern” – is designed to sound an alarm that a coordinated international response is needed

The resignation increased the likelihood of early elections and a renewed period of uncertainty for Italy and Europe.

Baidu says its new model, the Apollo RT6, has the road skills of a driver with 20 years’ experience.

The two will hold duelling rallies in Arizona on Friday as they stump for rival candidates.

Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, won despite public anger with the ruling elite after months of severe shortages of fuel, food and medicines.

Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch makes the cut alongside Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran on Tuesday in just his second foreign trip since he launched the invasion of Ukraine in February.

 The specific legal provisions of the latest emergency are yet to be announced but previous emergency regulations have been used to deploy the military to arrest and detain people.

The Ukraine president said more than 60 officials from the security service and prosecutor’s office were working against Ukraine in Russian-occupied territories.

Joe Biden will discuss regional missile and defence capabilities on Saturday when he meets Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia.

Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires in Portugal, Spain and southwestern France.

Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president as the country reels from an economic crisis and unrest.

Both major crude benchmarks shed more than $5 a barrel on Thursday.

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear arms.

Russian missiles have struck the central city of Vinnytsia, killing at least 20 people.

Heathrow Airport is asking airlines to stop selling any more tickets for travel this summer.

Online News Editor The foreign ministry of the self-proclaimed breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic inaugurated its embassy in Moscow on Tuesday as Russia continued its offensive to capture the entire region in eastern Ukraine.