🔴 Live: Ukraine announces it has liberated first villages in Donetsk

Kyiv announced on Sunday that Ukrainian forces have retaken three villages in the war-torn country’s south as it continues military operations in Russian-occupied territories. The news comes as the Russian defence ministry said Ukraine had made an unsuccessful attempt to attack a vessel in Russia’s Black Sea fleet that was protecting natural gas pipelines. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). 

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French townspeople gather to honour those who intervened in Annecy knife attack

Hundreds of residents of the French town of Annecy gathered Sunday to honour the people who rushed to stop a man accused of stabbing six people, including four toddlers, at a playground last week. 

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Nicki Minaj gets ‘swatted’ by callers who claimed her 2-year-old son being abused, fire at her LA home: report

Hours later, another caller phoned into 911 dispatch and alerted that Minaj’s house was on fire, TMZ also reported. 

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EU considering major Tunisia aid package to boost economy, deal with migration crisis

The European Union said on Sunday it may loan Tunisia over 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to help develop its battered economy, rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, with most funds contingent on it agreeing economic reforms.  

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Montenegro’s pro-EU Europe Now Movement polling ahead in snap election

Montenegro’s Europe Now Movement (PES) won 25.5% of votes in a snap election on Sunday, the Center for Monitoring and Research (CEMI) pollster said on the basis of a projection of results from a sample of polling stations.  

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Fighting resumes in Sudan after 24-hour ceasefire ends

Shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday in the Sudanese capital, witnesses said, at the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that had given civilians rare respite from nearly two months of war. 

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Jennifer Coolidge says she never had kids because she is ‘very immature,’ dated intense men

“I’m very, very immature,” the “Legally Blonde” star said. “I think that has kept me from having children, because I’m sort of a child. Maybe if I had kids, I would’ve had to have grown up. 

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US pride celebrations forced to scale back amid growing backlash

A spike in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and threats has taken a heavy toll on pride celebrations in the United States this year, organizers say – especially in states where politicians want to curtail rights. 

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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ couldn’t be tamed at the box office

“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” took in $34.4 million on its opening night Friday, 

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Event planner dishes on Elton John diva fits, sex-crazed bosses and real-life Succession

Veteran event planner Gareth Gallagher is spilling the sex, drugs, spying and feuds of the elite world. 

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