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The United States will back Ukraine until the country's security is "guaranteed," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says in a speech in Kyiv. "We're with you today. And we will stay by your side, until Ukraine's security, sovereignty, its ability to choose its own path is guaranteed," Blinken says. SOUNDBITE
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson says Sweden "should join NATO" as she questions whether the Nordic country's longstanding policy of military non-alignment remains appropriate with Russia's invasion of Ukraine "undermining the European security order that Sweden builds its security on." SOUNDBITE
Banksy's "rat" stencil, stolen from near the Centre Pompidou in September, is back on display in Paris - albeit in a reproduced form. "In street art, there are only reproductions because often the originals are made at night, vandalized the next day or ripped off," explains Hazis Vardar, manager of a street art exhibition at the Espace Lafayette-Drouot. IMAGES
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky on a historic visit to Kyiv, where he is pushing for a solution to end more than two years of war with Russia. Modi embraced Zelensky and signed the guest book at the Mariinsky palace, the president's official residence, in the first ever visit by an Indian premier to Ukraine. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Narendra Modi in the Indian prime minister's first visit to the war-torn country. IMAGES
Street artist Banksy claims a fifth mural in as many days, this time of two pelicans above a fish and chip shop in Walthamstow, North East London. The pelicans continue the elusive artist’s animal theme – on Monday it was a goat in Kew, South West London; Tuesday, two elephants in Chelsea, West London; Wednesday, three monkeys in Shoreditch, East London; Thursday’s wolf painted onto a satellite dish in Peckham, South East London was quickly stolen. Banksy’s works tend to offer social and political commentary, and this latest spurt of work has sparked speculation among fans about their meaning – and whether the safari of artworks will continue into the weekend… IMAGES