Ukraine: Kiev hit in the middle of the visit of the UN chief, East and South under bombs
Russia continued its offensive in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine on Friday, a day after Russian missile strikes on the capital Kiev, in the midst of a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The bombing in Kiev, the first since mid-April, came after a visit Thursday by the UN chief to Butsha and other suburbs of Kiev - theaters of abuses blamed by Ukrainians on Russian forces - where he had called on Moscow to "cooperate" with the Criminal Court's investigation. international on possible war crimes. "In the evening, the enemy fired on Kiev. Two strikes on the Shevchenkovsky district", "on the lower floors of a residential building", said the mayor of the capital, Vitaly Klitschko. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, "five missiles" fell on Kiev. "This says a lot about Russia's true attitude towards international institutions, about the efforts of Russian leaders to humiliate the UN and everything the organization stands for," Zelensky said in a video.
The France calls on Mali to "reconsider" the definitive suspension of RFI and France 24
The France called on the junta in power in Mali to "reconsider" its decision after the definitive suspension of the authorization to broadcast in this country of the French media RFI and France 24, expressing its "deep concern". "This is a serious attack on press freedom and freedom of expression, in the context of repeated attempts to manipulate information in Mali," the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in a statement. "These channels broadcast their programmes in full respect of the principles of integrity, impartiality and independence. The France calls on the transitional authorities to reconsider their decision," she continued.
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In Afghanistan, at least nine people were killed in two bombings of two minibuses in Mazar-i-Sharif, police said, just days after a deadly attack on a Shiite mosque in the city.
In football, severely shaken in Rotterdam by Feyenoord, OM was beaten 3-2 in the semi-final first leg of the Europa League Conference and punished for its defensive inconsequences, but the return match at the Velodrome can still allow the Marseillais to win a sixth European final.