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The Russians have twice requested the exchange of two North Korean prisoners of war who were captured by the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region. The Russians are not interested in other foreign prisoners of war who fought on the side of the Russian Federation.

Alexander Chaiko replaces Viktor Afzalov as head of Russia’s Aerospace Forces. Chaiko is implicated in war crimes cases.

"At this stage, our priority is to end the war," he said during a televised briefing. "The other side must commit to a reasonable approach and abandon its excessive demands regarding Iran."

The former presidential envoy for Ukraine noted that the military bloc, which originally consisted of 12 countries, now includes 32 states and is therefore a "very bloated architecture"

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Europe has "gotten the message" that Donald Trump was disappointed over the reluctance to join the Iran war. Rutte was speaking at a meeting of European leaders in Armenia.

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Iranian media: Two missiles hit US warship which ignored Iran’s warnings Two missiles struck a US warship near Jask island in the Strait of Hormuz after it ignored warnings from Iran, according to Iran’s Fars news agency. It reported that the US warship has now turned back from the area, citing local sources.

Air defenses in the Russian capital were breached as Ukraine expands long-range strikes.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that European leaders have "gotten the message" that Donald Trump was disappointed over the Iran conflict. Rutte was speaking at a meeting of European leaders in Armenia.
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In the Chernihiv region, 108 explosions were recorded over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian shelling; the enemy fired on the region’s border areas 56 times.

A transgender student has taken a Hong Kong school to court, alleging “discriminatory” policies requiring short hair in line with her sex assigned at birth. Lawyers for Oscar Fung King-ho on Thursday sought unspecified damages from the incorporated management committee of Lung Kong World Federation School Limited, Lau Wong Fat Secondary School in Tai Kok Tsui. They said she had faced “public humiliation and rebukes” from teachers over her hair length before leaving the school last...

In an abandoned Norwegian mine last year, an unusual experiment produced results that drew scrutiny in boardrooms and government offices across Europe and helped to spark new regulations pouring fuel on already fiery EU-China relations. Ruter, the public transport authority for greater Oslo, drove new and used electric buses made by Chinese manufacturing conglomerate Yutong into a decommissioned mineshaft inside a mountain. There, cybersecurity tests revealed that the buses could be remotely...

The US president has accused some NATO countries of not doing enough to support the US-Israel war on Iran.

[Daily Maverick] Food producers' use of fuel and fertiliser - affected by the US-Iran war - will impact food prices in South Africa (SA), as the fuel price is set to increase again in May. However, it is not obvious whether input prices like oil and fertiliser are the only drivers of retail prices, as opportunistic 'rocket and feather' pricing by processors or retailers in some staples continued, even when producer prices fell, or stabilised.
Rutte also said "more and more" European nations were pre-positioning assets such as minehunters and minesweepers close to the Gulf to be ready for a "next phase".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on Moscow's plans to hold the 9 May Victory Day parade without military equipment, saying this would be the first time in many years. He added that there are also concerns in Russia that drones could appear over Red Square. [Victory Day is a Russian holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, celebrated on 9 May – ed.]
Zelensky: Russia has announced a May 9 parade in Moscow without military equipment; if that happens, it will be the first time in many, many years... They cannot afford military equipment and they fear drones may burst over Red Square. This is telling — it shows they are not strong now.

Al Jazeera visits refugee camp in the occupied West Bank where Israeli soldiers have killed or maimed many young people.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said a US threat to pull troops out of Germany is "nothing new." Meanwhile, Germany’s interior minister says border controls will stay despite falling asylum numbers. DW has more.
The number of people killed in the missile strike on Merefa in Kharkiv region has risen to five in updated figures.

[Premium Times] According to the ministry, intelligence reports indicated that Mohammadu Fulani, described as a notorious bandit, was leading a group of armed bandits towards certain bridges in the area.
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Evidence shared at hearings show how disabled alarms, flammable materials and ignored warnings contributed to the deaths of 168 people in the complex.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that a meeting in the Washington format held in Yerevan focused on strengthening Ukraine's air defence, advancing negotiations to end the war and protecting the country's energy sector.
Russian forces carried out an airstrike on Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing one man.

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Israel is using Greece to advance its regional goals and will exploit its fears, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese said. “You think that you have chosen Israel… I don’t think so,” she said. “Israel has chosen you, and it’s going to exploit your fears and your insecurity.” Source: Al Jazeera

The hit damaged an auto service station, 4 shops, and private and apartment buildings.

Andrey Marochko said that five villages were retaken from Ukrainian forces by fighters from Russia’s Battlegroup North

Trump orders new Hormuz mission after Iran says it receives US response to its peace proposal.

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President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. would start an effort on Monday morning to free ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz as a "humanitarian gesture" to aid neutral countries in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Trump provided few details about the plan, which he said would aid ships and their crews that have been "locked up" in the strait and are running low on food and other supplies as Iran blocks access through the crucial waterway.

European leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gather in Armenia Monday as they seek to navigate a fraught geopolitical environment under an unpredictable White House. US President Donald Trump will loom large over the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC). It takes place in Yerevan, a crossroads between Russia and the Middle East -- the two main issues on the agenda. FRANCE 24's Taline Oundjian reports from Yerevan, Armenia.

China ordered companies to ignore US sanctions against five oil refiners accused of buying Iranian crude, an unprecedented pushback against American financial measures less than two weeks before a presidential summit. The US action “violates international law and the basic norms of international relations”, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday. The sanctions cover a refinery in Dalian owned by Shanghai-listed Hengli Petrochemical, along with four independent “teapot” refineries –...

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