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After years under fire, a rare quiet settles over Ukrainian city as truce holds

A planned six-day ceasefire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump and tied to a humanitarian aid mission in a Russian-occupied town has brought rare quiet to the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson across the water. A local pause in fighting started at 3am Tuesday to allow medicine, food and water to be taken to Oleshky before evacuation corridors are opened later in the week.

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'There's clearly a marketplace for Russian in Africa - but it's not about institution building'

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Alex Vines, Africa Program Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He takes us through Russia's African paradox involving diplomatic Influence, security dependence and the politics of multipolarity. Moscow is gaining diplomatic traction across the continent even as its security partnerships, information operations and recruitment practices raise troubling questions about sovereignty, accountability and the human costs of geopolitical competition. For Vines, the participation of 48 African countries and 22 heads of state and government in the la

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Ukraine: Melania Trump-brokered local ceasefire holds for second day

There ​have been ​no breaches of the US-brokered local ceasefire ​around ‌the ⁠Russian-occupied town of Oleshky ‌in southern Ukraine during its first 30 hours, ​Ukraine's human rights ‌ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on ‌Wednesday. A ceasefire has ​been agreed until November 1 to ​allow residents of ​the frontline ​town – who had ​been unable to leave amid near-uninhabitable conditions – to evacuate.

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Ukraine: Ceasefire holds for its first 30 hours in occupied Oleshky

A local ceasefire in the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky held through its first day and night, despite continued fighting between Moscow and Kyiv elsewhere. The truce, which began on Tuesday in the devastated city, is expected to remain in place until Sunday. Emerald Maxwell reports.

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