French President Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to China in early December, will ask Xi Jinping to influence Russia in order to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine.

The Russian army in the Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad sectors was forced to deploy its operational reserve, while Ukrainian forces are blocking attempts to storm the cities with small infantry groups.

Increasing international pressure on Russia remains an effective mechanism for securing new exchanges, including a potential “all-for-all” exchange.

A Ukrainian national suspected of coordinating the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline has now been transferred to Germany.

Gen Horta N’Tam is sworn in during a ceremony at the army headquarters.

The Pope makes his first foreign trip to Turkey and says a third world war is being "fought piecemeal".

Efforts to control the blaze are continuing as locals wait for news of missing loved ones.

The US boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg over widely discredited claims of persecution of the white minority.

Footage geolocated by BBC Verify show the blaze taking hold in Wang Cheong House.

"The only way to avoid danger is to prepare for it," says President Emmanuel Macron.