The conference, known as COP29, begins on Monday in Azerbaijan and is one of the most important multilateral talks to include the Taliban, who do not have outside recognition as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan.

The drone attack was the largest on the Russian capital since the war began in 2022, as the U.K. defense chief estimated that Russia suffered its worst ever month of casualties.

Germany has condemned what it called “a massive, coordinated attempt” to prevent Moldovans abroad from voting in the second round of the country’s presidential election.

Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said vote buying, manipulation and bomb threats against Moldovan polling stations – “even in Germany” – were aimed at “the heart of European democracy”, and showed that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, “will stop at nothing”.r:

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said on Sunday that the strikes have targeted two residential buildings, sheltering hundreds of people in the last 2 days.

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