Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia preparing to retaliate after it says Ukraine hit it with US-made missiles
by Yohannes Lowe (now) and Tom Bryant (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#6SGE9)
Moscow says it is preparing measures after Ukraine twice fired Atacms missiles into the Kursk region in past three days
Clin Georgescu, a Moscow-friendly independent candidate with a nationalist background, has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania's presidential election.
As my colleague Jon Henley notes in this report, with 99.98% of votes counted, Georgescu, who has praised Vladimir Putin as a man who loves his country", was on 22.9%, with the reformist Elena Lasconi, of the Save Romania Union (USR), second on 19.17%.
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