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The Red Cross demands a halt to all military operations around a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, warning the consequences of a strike could be "catastrophic". "It is high time to stop playing with fire and instead take concrete measures to protect this facility and others like it from any military operations," Robert Mardini, director general of the ICRC, tells reporters in Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, slams Russia's attack on Ukraine, warning of a "massive impact" on the rights of millions, and cautioning that heightened nuclear threat levels showed all of humanity was at risk. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian and Russian-backed rebels swap hundreds of prisoners in the war-torn East of the country, one of the largest such exchanges since the outbreak of an insurgency almost four years ago. IMAGES
Werner Brodbeck is selling his home, but the nuclear bunker in his basement is the main attraction. The bunker will keep you safe in case of nuclear war, zombie apocalypse, disease epidemic, and meteor impact, and it will give you a chance to help those outside when you're ready. Werner even applied for the home to be officially recognised as a historical heritage property. Complete with emergency water tanks and 100 telephone lines, Werner has placed the property on the market for 1.6 million Canadian dollars, or about 1.2 million US.
Sir John Chilcot spoke to a press conference in London, on Wednesday, upon the release of the long-awaited 2.6 million word report into the Iraq War. In his speech, Chilcot stated, "The UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort." He also concluded, "The dossier on Iraq was made on the basis of flawed intelligence and assessments."
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
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