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By Chelsea Lee and Tara John, CNN A total of 1,295 people arrived in the United Kingdom after crossing the English Channel by boat Monday — the highest daily total of migrants registered since records began in 2018, according to PA Media. Twenty-seven boats made the journey, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defense. As

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CNN By Brad Lendon and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The US government is urging Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch attacks on civilian infrastructure and government facilities ahead of Ukrainian independence day. Wednesday’s anniversary — which commemorates 31 years since Ukraine broke its ties with

By Brad Lendon and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The US government is urging Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch attacks on civilian infrastructure and government facilities ahead of Ukrainian independence day. Wednesday’s anniversary — which commemorates 31 years since Ukraine broke its ties with the

By Tara John and Maria Kostenko, CNN The new school year is a day of celebration in Ukraine, where children dress up and give bouquets of flowers to their teachers. But Russia’s invasion has cast a shadow on the happy day. Now educational facilities across the country are racing to build bunkers and bomb shelters

By Matthew Chance, Rob Picheta and Katharina Krebs, CNN The Kremlin’s justification for invading Ukraine “is a lie,” a Russian paratrooper who previously publicly condemned his country’s war in Ukraine has told CNN. Two weeks ago, Pavel Filatyev spoke out against the conflict in a 141-page-long testimony posted to his VKontakte social media page, then

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Women across the world are posting videos on social media of themselves dancing, after criticism was leveled at Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin for leaked footage that showed her partying with friends. The video clips, which appeared last week, showed the 36-year-old leader dancing with friends in a private setting.

By Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Russia has blamed Ukrainian special services for the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian political commentator and the daughter of prominent ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The murder of journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, it was prepared by the

CNN By Tara John and Maria Kostenko, CNN The new school year is a day of celebration in Ukraine, where children dress up and give bouquets of flowers to their teachers. But Russia’s invasion has cast a shadow on the happy day. Now educational facilities across the country are racing to build bunkers and bomb

By Tim Lister and Jack Guy, CNN Events to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day on Wednesday have been banned in the country’s capital, Kyiv, and second-largest city, Kharkiv, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials warn that Russia may carry out missile strikes. Zelensky said on Saturday that Russia might be planning “particularly ugly” attacks

By Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has formally filed a petition challenging the election results in Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday, according to one of Odinga’s lawyers, Daniel Maanzo. The petition was filed online Monday morning with a physical copy expected to arrive at the court’s registry in Nairobi before

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CNN By Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Russia has blamed Ukrainian special services for the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian political commentator and the daughter of prominent ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The murder of journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, it was prepared by

CNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Josh Pennington, Jonny Hallam and Tara John, CNN Russian authorities said Sunday they had opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow. The Russian Investigative Committee said it believed someone planned and ordered the car

CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately turned to her father, Alexander Dugin — the ultra-nationalist philosopher credited with being the “spiritual guide” to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. But Dugina herself played a smaller,