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Kremlin foe Bill Browder tells West: Russian money is Putin's Achilles heel

33 attacks on Ukrainian positions yesterday, 2 soldiers were killed, 6 wounded

Robbie Williams stuns fans by giving WorldCup TV viewers the finger during live coverage of his opening ceremony performance

Video of crashlanded aircraft in Kyiv's Zhulyani

Boeing 767-300ER Kyiv - Tel-Aviv turned off engines after take off and diverted to Kyiv cause of severe weather. Landed safely

Pashinyan of Armenia: After the game, Putin organized a small meeting of the CIS, attended by Aliyev.

Coordinates of Russian Satellite communication stations

Ukrainian police arrest suspect behind DDoS attacks

23:44 Avdiivka: South of Avdiivka, something heavy is rumbling

Russian ministry of defense denied "Combat alert of Black Sea fleet"

Video: flooding at Levoberezhna

Thunderstorm in Kyiv: lighting hit a TV Tower. Photo: Oleksandr Gusev

Fire at Kuybishevska mine in Donetsk today

Flash flood in Kyiv as result of torrential rain

Zhulyany: passengers are being evacuated via emergency exits

MD80 Bravo Airways from Antalya landed short of runway at Zhulyani, lost its landing gear. 169 on board, all safe. Emergency services on the site. Airport is closed

The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Vojvodina, the northern province of Serbia, to take all necessary measures to locate Stefan Cvetković, a prominent freelance journalist who went missing last night

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri selfies in Moscow at #WorldCup

Shelling in the area of Avdiyivka Industrial area

In new video, Navalny says winners of #WorldCup already known: the main contractors are Putin's friends

Lukashenko of Belarus has arrived in Russia for #WorldCup

Russian Black Sea Fleet is on Combat alert until the end of #WorldCup

Dodon works for the Russian Federation, an investigation on his high treason is possible - the speaker of the Moldovan parliament

May offers pro-EU rebels Brexit compromise - source

Tusk: Good phone call with @JosephMuscat_JM on migration ahead of June EUCO

@jensstoltenberg just landed in Berlin with ahead of important meetings to prepare NATO summit next month

EU member states back tariffs on US goods worth 2.8 billion euros - response to US tariffs on steel and aluminium

Trump Told World Leaders Crimea Is Russian Because Everyone There Speaks Russian, The president told leaders that "Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world"

[email protected]: So, the Democrats make up a phony crime, Collusion with the Russians, pay a fortune to make the crime sound real, illegally leak (Comey) classified information so that a Special Councel will be appointed, and then Collude to make this pile of garbage take on life in Fake News.

Banner in support of Oleg Sentsov near Luzhniki stadium today

Ukraine opens visa centers in Russia. Centers will operate in eight Russian cities

Security Service of Ukraine seized ammunition from a man in Chernyhiv region

Robbie Williams and Aida Garifullina open WorldCup in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

Greek Parliament has passed a multi-bill with the prior actions required by the country's creditors to conclude the final review of its third bailout program

4 wounded as result of explosion in a car in Kyiv. Reportedly LPG system of a car

Peter Tatchell has been released from Moscow police, he has been bailed

Mortar shelling reported near Shyrokyne, East to Mariupol

Potami leader confirms his party will back FYROM name deal

[email protected]: Scotland recognized that the Holodomor is a genocide of the Ukrainian people

Greek opposition to file censure motion against PM over Macedonia deal

Saudi Crown Prince tells Putin that Russian- Saudi cooperation is beneficial for the whole world

Russian President Putin says the U.S.-North Korean summit has reduced the threat of a major conflict

Russian police detain British LGBT rights campaigner in Moscow

Davis resignation threats 'outnumber' Barnier chats

Russian president Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia in September

Photo: @PeterTatchell holds banner "Putin fails to act against Chechnya torture of gay people" just before he was detained

Kremlin says Putin congratulated Trump on his birthday. By telegram.

The Azerbaijani side is moving the armed formations from the rear units almost along the entire contact line of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani forces: David Babayan.

Trump-Kim meeting created ways for peaceful resolution of Korean conflict - Putin

LGBT activist Peter Tatchell @PeterTatchell detained near Red Square

Euro slumps to $1.17 after ECB announces end date to bond buys

Belgian mayor tells ViktorOrban that diversity is a reality that needs to be embraced and not shuffled away or stigmatised.

Merkel struggles to avoid coalition crisis on migrant policy

German parliament session postponed further as Berlin remains locked in migration showdown. Bundestag set to resume at 3pm, instead of 1.30pm after being interrupted earlier today. Bavarian CSU and Merkel's CDU are currently holding separate meetings

The activist Kiril Kotov was arrested for 15 days for picketing against World Cup 2018

Theresa May's government will fall if MPs reject her final Brexit deal, senior Tory warns

Hungarian court passes heavy sentences for main suspects in migrant truck deaths, jailed for 25 years.

Azerbaijani artillery units conducted practical firing from DANA self-propelled artillery systems

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis tells Greek Parliament his party is calling for a no confidence vote in govt following Macedonia name deal, says SYRIZA-ANEL coalition does not have "democratic legitimacy"

Greek PM Tsipras faces no-confidence vote over Macedonia name deal

The European Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of Sentsov. 455 for, 106 against

An outbreak of measles in Romania has killed dozens of infants and children, with 200 new cases reported each week.

The National Security Service of Armenia detained the director of the fund "Yerevan" and the deputy head of the administrative district Davidashen

Greek top court rejects Malta's extradition request for Russian whistleblower

German prosecutors say Islamic extremist plan to use the deadly toxin ricin thwarted.

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and Pochaev Lavra will be transferred to the Ukrainian Church, - Filaret

The Russian government decided to raise the VAT to 20% It is expected that such a measure will bring the budget an additional 600 billion rubles a year

French Senate passes Macron's landmark rail reform

Statement on Galileo satellite programme post-Brexit: The EU's proposal does not meet UK's defence goals. Without full involvement, UK would be obliged to walk away from programme and is currently looking at other options

Buildings across Britain, including 10 Downing Street, to be lit up in green to mark the first anniversary of London's deadly Grenfell Tower fire

Kremlin: backing for Syrian de-escalation unrelated to World Cup

Brexit Secretary @DavidDavisMP: We cannot accept amendments to EUWithdrawalBill allowing Parliament to instruct Government on international negotiations it would be constitutionally unprecedented

[email protected]: Barnier did not reject UK's backstop proposal, they discussed it in meeting on Monday [no mention of whether Government intends to revise proposal following Commission's comments]

Minister @SuellaBraverman: No area, including devolved administrations, will be treated unfairly when UK leaves the EU

[email protected]: A customs union creates an asymmetrical relationship (e.g. Turkey), Labour's support for "a" customs union makes no sense

[email protected]: Govt departments continues to implement plans for all scenarios, e.g. Business Department made progress on exiting Euratom with int'l agreements to ensure continuity

[email protected]: Announcement of new startup tech visas is an example of how UK can continue to attract the "brightest and the best" post-Brexit

[email protected]: There is considerable data released (by CBI, OECD, etc.) showing increase in output and record low unemployment - these are signs of optimistic economic forecasts

Responding to @Keir_Starmer's question on the Government's amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill, David Davis confirmed that the document will be published later today

[email protected]: Department takes remarks of business leaders (such as recent CBI remarks) very seriouslyresponse will be addressed in the White Paper published in the near future

WTO deputy chief advises EU caution in response to U.S. tariffs

Cossacks patrolling the streets and fan zones at the World Cup in Russia have fought in eastern Ukraine, Syria

Smoke from forest fires covers a village in Irkutsk. Some of the firefighting helicopters have been taken away from Siberia for the World Cup.

There were a record 441 arrests for terrorism-related activity in Great Britain in the year to the end of March 2018, UK Home Office statistics show

Minister @WalkerWorcester: Working groups meeting regularly to advance work on both customs arrangements options, Govt will provide by the 31 Oct. a statement to Parliament on steps to negotiate customs arrangements with EU BrexitQuestions

Brexit Minister @SteveBakerHW: Most of rights in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights are already in UK domestic law UK strongly believes in labour protection, no need to say aligned with EU to protect labour standards

Italy and France agree 'better migration management needed'

Macron says never meant to offend Italy with migrant comments

Italy's PM Conte confirms Paris meeting with Macron amid migrant row

Macron meeting with Italy PM to go ahead Friday: presidency

Alexei Navalny's coordinator in Vladivostok and an Open Russia activist jailed for 14 and 15 days for attending Open Russia conference.

Ireland will not demand to halt Brexit negotiations if there is no breakthrough at the next EU summit

Today we discussed preparations for NATO summit in July, when we will take our next steps to modernise our Alliance to meet the challenges that we face – @jensstoltenberg

On burden sharing, I welcome Croatia's efforts to meet its commitments: stopping the cuts in defence spending and increasing spending in real terms – @jensstoltenberg

We also discussed the security situation in the South-East of Europe - a region of strategic importance for NATO. Stability and security there benefits stability and security in whole Europe – SG @jensstoltenberg

71 y.o. man was wounded as result of shelling of Vodyane village of Volnovaha district

The Élysée confirms the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte in Paris on Friday

Croatia is a committed NATO Ally - your forces contribute to our enhanced Forward Presence battlegroups in Lithuania and Poland + to our @ResoluteSupport and @NATO_KFOR missions – SG @jensstoltenberg

Mueller reveals Manafort memos on lobbying on behalf of Yanukovych The memos show (among others) that the lobbying was directed at convincing policy-makers not to push Ukraine toward Russia

Italy still waiting for apology from France's Macron: deputy PM

Emergency landing of the plane in Pyrzowice

Britain's Rolls-Royce says it will cut 4,600 jobs as part of a plan to simplify its business and save $536 million per year by the end of 2020

Letter signed by 36 MEPs to the president of @FIFAcom Infantino expressing shock that Grozny in Chechnya was authorized as one of the training bases for the WorldCup and ask him to use his influence to get Oyub Titiev released.

Navalny is free after 30 days of arrest

PHOTO: Russian Baltic Fleet Buyan-M class corvette «Serpukhov seen at Baltiysk harbour recently.