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Russia-Ukraine war live: US and European negotiators head to London for peace talks as Russian attacks continue

David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, will host US and European negotiators for fresh talks about Ukraine today

The press service of Ukraine’s emergency services has issued these photographs of first responders at the scenes of Russian attacks overnight in Kharkiv and Poltova.

Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reports that an energry facility in Kherson has been destroyed by a Russian attack. Citing regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin, it reported that “Energy workers are trying to stabilize the energy situation in the city. Forced outages are possible in the near future.”

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What the papers say: Wednesday’s front pages

The funeral preperation for Pope Frances feature across Wednesday’s papers.
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Charles Vallow’s Family Respond to Lori Vallow Daybell’s Guilty Verdict

Daybell’s doomsday religious beliefs led her to kill her two youngest children and plot to kill a romantic rival and her estranged husband.
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Mets’ Reed Garrett keeps getting it done in high-pressure spots

Reed Garrett waits for the phone to ring, but it might as well be an alarm. Through nearly four weeks, there hasn’t been a better fireman in baseball.
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Pope Francis’s body to be moved to St Peter’s Basilica to lie in state ahead of funeral

Francis will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects

Pope Francis’s body will be moved to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning where it will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of a funeral expected to bring a host of world leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump.

The ceremony is scheduled to start 9am Rome (8am BST), and will see Francis’s body leave the Santa Maria residence where he lived and move in a procession into St Peter’s Basilica, entering through the main entrance.

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Inside The Rescue Efforts In Bangkok’s Building Collapse

Rescue teams from across the globe persist in the difficult search for survivors after a devastating earthquake brought down a 30-story high-rise in Bangkok.
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Baghdad invites new Syrian president to a summit, sparking political division in Iraq

Baghdad invites new Syrian president to a summit, sparking political division in Iraq
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Live updates: Pope Francis’ body to lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica

Live updates: Pope Francis’ body to lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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3 Massachusetts high school seniors — including state diving champion — killed in Florida car crash during spring break

“At this time, it is most appropriate that no action be taken to honor the students without the full consent of the families and appropriate support for so many young people facing unfathomable loss.”
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Russia drone strike kills nine in wave of attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure

Attack on city of Marhanets comes as officials were set to meet in London for ceasefire talks

A Russian drone hit a bus carrying workers in the Ukrainian city of Marhanets early on Wednesday, killing nine people in wave of attacks that targeted civilian infrastructure in east, south and central Ukraine, officials said.

The full scale of the attacks, which kept Kyiv and the eastern half of Ukraine awake for several hours overnight, was not immediately known.

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