Ukraine prepares for new wave of attacks in east | First Thing
Russian forces continue to bombard Chernihiv and parts of Kyiv despite announcing their withdrawal. Plus, 500 ghost flights leave the UK monthly
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Russia is preparing its forces for a fresh assault in the breakaway Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has claimed, despite peace talks resuming on Friday.
A special tribunal must be set up immediately to investigate the crime of Russian aggression, the leading international lawyer Philippe Sands has argued. While the investigations were needed, he said, war crimes and crimes against humanity investigations alone could end up as a means of letting the main man off the hook".
The White House has rebuked Donald Trump after he called on Vladimir Putin to release potentially damaging information about Hunter Biden. The remarks came during an interview on the Just the News TV program that raised unsubstantiated questions about Biden's past business dealings in Russia.
How many people could it affect? Voting rights advocates fear it risks affecting 200,000.
It comes amid an unprecedented supreme court ruling that threw out Wisconsin's redrawn electoral map, which created a new district to represent Black population growth.
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