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Thick smoke hangs over Ukraine's capital Kiev as forest fires smoulder on in the Chernobyl nuclear zone, while city officials say no radiation spike had been detected. IMAGES
A forest fire in the Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone spreads further, fanned by strong winds, authorities say, insisting that radiation levels remained normal. IMAGES of the forest fire
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes military officers on Red Square at the start of the military parade marking the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. IMAGES
"I don't know if we were very close to disaster, but the situation (during the Russian occupation) was absolutely abnormal and very dangerous" says the International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi during a visit to Chernobyl power station on the anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. SOUNDBITE
The remains of French and Russian soldiers who died during Napoleon's catastrophic retreat from Moscow in 1812 are laid to rest in a rare moment of unity between the two countries. IMAGES
A crowd of bystanders gather around Hamas gunmen as they hand over two hostages with Russian citizenship, Yelena Trupanov, 50, and 73-year-old Irena Tati to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza's Khan Yunis. IMAGES