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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves his hotel in Tirana, Albania, where he arrived late Tuesday, to meet with leaders from southeast Europe, seeking to keep support and weapons flowing to Kyiv as Russia makes gains on the battlefield two years after invading its neighbour. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says 'more food, more water, more medicine' needed in Gaza during a press conference in Tel Aviv. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants "to use winter as a weapon of war" in his Ukrainian operation, says NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Bucharest, ahead of a meeting with the alliance's foreign ministers. A weapon based on Russia's attempt "to deprive the Ukrainians of water, electricity, light and heating" says Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE
Iraqi supporters of the Coordination Framework hold an anti-Sadr protest near the parliament occupied by Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr supporters. Sadr's supporters have been occupying parliament in the normally high-security Green Zone -- also home to government buildings and embassies -- since Saturday. They started their protest in response to the rival alliance's prime ministerial nomination. IMAGES
A sandstorm engulfs Iran's capital Tehran as government offices, schools and universities announced their closure in many provinces due to "unhealthy weather" conditions and sandstorms, state media reported. IMAGES
Mosul (Iraq), Mar 7 (EFE), (Camera: Cristina Cabrejas).- Pope Francis prayed Sunday for all the victims of the wars in the devastated Iraqi city of Mosul, from where he called for harmony and peace beyond religious beliefs. FOOTAGE OF THE POPE'S ARRIVAL IN MOSUL AND OF THE RELIGIOUS ACT.