Civilian deaths: Aerial video shows escaping father killed in Ukraine
There are a growing number of reports that Russian forces shoot at civilians who are trying to escape the conflict zone in Ukraine.
Footage from a Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance group appears to show one such incident.
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Explosions heard in Lviv
We're getting reports of several explosions in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. This picture shows plumes of black smoke rising in the distance.
We'll bring more details as they emerge.
Sunday curfew in Kyiv cancelled
We reported earlier that Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko had announced a curfew in Ukraine's capital from this evening until Monday morning but this has now been cancelled.
He has not given any reason for the change except that he has received "new information from the military command".
The usual night-time curfew from 20:00 (18:00 GMT) to 07:00 will remain in force but people will "be able to freely move around Kyiv on Sunday during the day", he says on Telegram.
‘Open the schools’: Afghan girls protest in Kabul for right to education
Two dozen girls and women react to Taliban’s decision to shut secondary schools to girls across Afghanistan
Agence France-Presse in Kabul
About two dozen girls and women chanting “open the schools” protested in the Afghan capital on Saturday against the Taliban’s decision to shut their secondary schools hours after reopening them this week.
Thousands of jubilant girls across Afghanistan had flocked to learning institutions on Wednesday – the date the education ministry had set for classes to resume.
But just hours into the first day, the ministry announced a shock policy reversal that left youngsters saying they felt betrayed and foreign governments expressing outrage.
More than 200 oil tankers have left Russian ports since Ukraine invasion began
Exclusive: Human rights NGO accuses companies of ‘hiding behind vague statements and weak excuses’
More than 200 oil tankers have left Russian ports to travel around the world since the invasion of Ukraine began, despite concerns fossil fuel activities are helping to fund a “war machine”.
While some countries and companies have vowed to phase out Russian oil, many have stopped short of an immediate ban as the war in eastern Europe rages on.
Data seen exclusively by The Independent shows at least 236 oil vessels have left Russia in the first month of the war in Ukraine, which is believed to have killed hundreds of civilians and displaced millions more.
Why Africa prints money in Europe
At least 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France and Germany — decades after independence, raising questions about self-sufficiency. DW examines what prompts them to outsource their currency production.
Last July, a delegation from The Gambia visiting the Nigerian Central Bank asked if the Gambian dalasi could be ordered from its West African neighbor.
The Gambia's central bank governor, Buah Saidy, said the country was running low on its national currency.
The tiny West African country had to redesign its currency after the defeat of former President Yahya Jammeh, who ruled The Gambia from 1994 until he was forced into exile after refusing to accept defeat in the 2016 elections.
Saudi Arabia pledges maximum security for F1 after Yemeni attack
Saudi Arabia pledged maximum security to reassure rattled Formula One drivers as the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was set to go ahead despite an attack on an oil facility nearby by Yemen's Huthi rebels.
The drivers revealed their concerns over the attack, which sent black smoke billowing over the area and was part of a wave of drone-and-missile assaults that triggered retaliatory air strikes on rebel strongholds.
The Iran-backed Huthi rebels fired on 16 targets across Saudi Arabia as they mark seven years since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in support of the government in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country.
Pakistan: Opposition starts anti-gov’t march towards Islamabad
PM expected to face no-confidence vote in parliament this week; ruling PTI party has organised pro-gov’t march on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of people have started marching to the Pakistani capital in a show of opposition to Prime Minister Imran Khan who is expected to face a vote of no confidence next week.
Supporters from the party of former PM Nawaz Sharif began their “long march” on Saturday in the eastern city of Lahore, the political bastion of Sharif and his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
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