Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: Russia wants to reduce all chances of "artificially" elevating the risk of nuclear conflict. "The danger is serious, real, and we must not underestimate it," he says.
Among the suspects are three Russian pilots accused of bombing civilian buildings in north-eastern Ukraine. Russia warns the US against sending more arms to Ukraine. UN doubles Ukraine aid appeal to $2.25 billion. Britain to send Stormer armored vehicles to Ukraine.
"Le Pen's share of the vote was very high – and this means there is a lot of work to do,” says CRIF leader Francis Kalifat.
New ventures with Arab states could funnel much-needed foreign currency into Russia's rapidly-emptying coffers.
"This morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill one famous Russian TV journalist," Russian president tells prosecutors.
Fires reported at fuel depot and ammunitions warehouse in city of Byransk, some 70 miles from the Ukrainian border as Kyiv presses Washington for more powerful weapons.
Emmanuel Macron bests far-right leader Marine Le Pen, winning 58.5% of the votes to her 41.5% to become the first French president in 20 years to win re-election. FM Lapid: President Macron is one of the great centrist leaders in the world. We will continue to work together and strengthen cooperation between our two countries.
If the projections hold, Macron would become only the third president since the 1958 founding of modern France to win twice at the ballot box, and the first in 20 years, since incumbent Jacques Chirac trounced Le Pen’s father in 2002.
A mother and her three-month-old baby are among the victims of the attack. Zelenskyy to meet two senior American officials on Sunday. Russia renews Mariupol attack in bid to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops holding out in the strategic port.
Mariupol Chabad-Lubavitch director: Vanda Semyonovna lived through unimaginable horrors. She was a kind, joyous, special woman, who will forever remain in our hearts. "Mama didn’t deserve such a death,” her daughter says.