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Added on the 08/03/2022 15:11:27 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives in Kyiv in a show of support ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began Feburary 24 2022. IMAGES
An 11-year-old boy from the Buryatiya Republic in Russia is funding the medical treatment of his seriously ill sister by solving Rubik's cube puzzles. Odon is able to tackle the puzzle even with his eyes closed and goes to the park every day to show off his skills to passers-by. Any money earned goes towards his sister's treatment, and to buy her sweets and toys.
Meet Juan David Hernandez, an 11-year-old inventor who is worried about crime in his native Mexico. He came up with the idea of designing a safety backpack, which features a bulletproof plate, a GPS tracker and an alarm button tucked away in the bag's strap, which can be activated in case of an attack. Juan David's safety backpack is one small way to raise awareness about organised drug gangs and crime in his home city of Tamaulipas.
A Kurdish TV channel broadcasts the dramatic moment when police remove an explosive belt from an 11-year-old boy in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses China of "fuelling" Russia's invasion of Ukraine through the transfers of dual use materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for use in Moscow's military expansion. "If China purports on the one hand to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it can't on the other hand be fuelling what is the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri where he had urged urged his European counterparts to increase pressure on Beijing. SOUNDBITE
Sweden joining NATO shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of weakening the alliance, its chief Jens Stoltenberg says. The Kremlin's invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under NATO's defence umbrella, but now "Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before," Stoltenberg adds. SOUNDBITE
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