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Increasingly heavy snowfall is complicating traffic on Wednesday in the north of France, where heavy freezing rain fell in the morning and leaving roads with icy conditions. SOUNDBITE
Normandy and the D-Day landing beaches awoke to a thin layer of snow (3 to 5 cm), causing some disruption to transport and a lack of traders in the markets, while France experienced one of its coldest days for six years. IMAGES
Snow covers damaged buildings in the town of Shika close to the epicenter of Japan's deadly New Year's Day earthquake. The death toll has jumped to 161, authorities say, as snow complicates rescue efforts. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine is still inflicting major losses on Russia, despite Kyiv not managing to regain captured territory. "Of course we would like them to to liberate as much territory as possible, as quickly as possible, but even though the frontline has not moved, the Ukrainians have been able to inflict heavy losses on the Russian invaders," he says. "Of course we would like them to liberate as much territory as possible as quickly as possible as possible, but even though the frontline has not moved, Ukrainians have been able to inflict heavy losses on the Russian invaders," Stoltenberg said. SOUNDBITE
Palestinians fleeing the north through the Salaheddine road on the southern outskirts of Gaza City, walk past Israeli army tanks, as a four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early in the morning. IMAGES