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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised a phone call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it has opened a "Pandora's box".Friday night's call was the pair's first since December 2022, 10 months after Russia's land, air and sea invasion of its neighbour on 24 February that year.In his evening address, Mr Zelenskyy, who has heavily relied on EU and US support to fend off what Mr Putin has branded a "special military operation" to demilitarise Ukraine, said the conversation between the two leaders undermined efforts to isolate the Russian leader."Now there may be other conversations, other calls. Just a lot of words," Mr Zelenskyy said."And this is exactly what Putin has long wanted: It is extremely important for him to weaken his i...

The frozen remains of a sabre-toothed cat thought to be about 31,800 years old have been studied for the first time in history, according to a study.The cub's mummified remains, including its head, front arms and paws, and part of its chest, were found well-preserved in Arctic permafrost on the banks of the Badyarikha River in Yakutia, in Russia's Siberia region, in 2020. "Findings of frozen mummified remains of the Late Pleistocene mammals are very rare," the researchers explained, referring to the period in which it lived.They added: "For the first time in the history of palaeontology, the appearance of an extinct mammal that has no analogues in the modern fauna has been studied." Image: A modern day lion cub. Pic: A V Lopatin/Scientific Rep...

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, The Guardian newspaper, and even the Clifton Suspension Bridge have joined swathes of people deserting Elon Musk's social media site X.Millions have instead joined Bluesky, a site run by former Twitter founder Jack Dorsey that has a stronger focus on moderation. According to the official Bluesky account, a million people joined the platform in just one day this week, after Musk was given a position in Donald Trump's government. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Instagram coo...

New pictures show the moment of impact as an Israeli missile hit a Beirut apartment block and exploded. The block was one of five buildings destroyed by airstrikes on Friday alone.Israel launched airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut in a fourth consecutive day of intense attacks.There were no immediate reports of casualties.An Associated Press photographer captured a sequence of images showing an Israeli bomb approaching and hitting a multi-storey apartment building in Beirut's Tayouneh area. Richard Weir, a senior crisis, conflict and arms researcher at Human Rights Watch, reviewed the close-up photos to determine what type of weapon was used."The bomb and components visible in the photographs, including the strake, wire ha...