Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy replaces special operations chief for second time in six months – as it happened

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In Sweden They Turn Them Away. 20/05 01:46 - Europe Sees Signs of Russian Sabotage but Hesitates to Blame Kremlin 20/05 00:59 - Taiwan presidential inauguration live: Lai Ching-te to take office 20/05 00:30 - Russia plans to send two planes and 50 mountain rescuers to assist in the East Azerbaijan... 20/05 00:01 - Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz criticized Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza and threatened to quit the government if the prime minister doesn't articulate a plan for ending the war and securing the enclave. 20/05 00:01 - Smaller European brands are embracing the U.S. as alternative growth markets such as China and Russia become increasingly fraught. 20/05 00:01 - Nvidia co-founder Curtis Priem made a gift of more than $75 million to Rensselaer Polytechnic to provide the Troy, N.Y., school with quantum-computing services, a first for a university campus anywhere in the world. 20/05 00:01 - U.S. officials privately warned telecommunications companies that undersea cables that carry internet traffic across the Pacific Ocean could be vulnerable to tampering by Chinese repair ships. 19/05 23:48 - Rescuers search for Raisi helicopter– as it happened 19/05 23:14 - U.S. tells Israel: Connect Gaza operation to political strategy 19/05 22:01 - 27 Pairs Of Comfortable Shoes That Won’t Throw Off Your Cute Summer ‘Fits 19/05 21:39 - US security adviser urges Netanyahu to connect war to 'political strategy' 19/05 21:04 - Biden’s Morehouse Commencement Speech Draws on Themes of Manhood and Faith 19/05 21:01 - EU state to shell out $2.5bn to beef up eastern borders 19/05 19:54 - U.S. and Europe Move Closer to Using Russian Assets to Help Ukraine 19/05 19:51 - Ukraine launches 'co-ordinated strikes' against glide bomb Russian airbase - military source 19/05 19:00 - Ex-ministers warn UK universities will go bust without higher fees or funding 19/05 18:54 - Helicopter carrying Iran’s president crashes in mountains 19/05 18:09 - Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region kill at least 11 people 19/05 18:09 - Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region kill at least 11 people 19/05 16:31 - Biden vows to fight ‘poison of white supremacy’ at Morehouse speech 19/05 16:17 - UN humanitarian chief delivers ‘apocalyptic’ warning over Gaza aid 19/05 16:00 - ‘Scary’: public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify 19/05 15:53 - War-cabinet minister threatens to collapse Israeli government 19/05 15:41 - Gavin Newsom's Battleground Gift to Donald Trump 19/05 15:39 - Week in pictures: From a Putin-Xi meeting to Cannes film festival 19/05 15:39 - Week in pictures: From a Putin-Xi meeting to Cannes film festival 19/05 15:38 - Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk Becomes World’s Undisputed Heavyweight Champion 19/05 15:11 - UK says it doesn’t want ‘direct conflict with Russia’ 19/05 14:46 - ‘Proud and happy’: Ukrainians embrace Oleksandr Usyk’s boxing victory 19/05 14:01 - Benny Gantz threatens to quit Israeli gov’t if no post-war Gaza plan 19/05 14:01 - Benny Gantz threatens to quit Israeli gov’t if no post-war Gaza plan 19/05 13:35 - The Technocrat Who’s Taking Control of Putin’s War Effort 19/05 12:56 - Here’s what to know as Biden prepares to speak. 19/05 11:44 - Biden delivers address at Morehouse College amid anger over Gaza war 19/05 11:44 - Biden delivers address at Morehouse College amid anger over Gaza war 19/05 11:00 - Labour’s Zarah Sultana takes Cameron to task over UK arms sales to Israel 19/05 10:43 - Viagogo ‘mistakenly’ listed resale of England football match tickets 19/05 10:30 - Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon 19/05 10:17 - Bear alert in Japan after man found dead and police officers mauled 19/05 10:00 - An Nvidia Co-Founder's Latest Bet: Making 'Quantum Valley' in New York 19/05 09:27 - New York police violently arrest pro-Palestine protesters marking Nakba 19/05 09:27 - New York police violently arrest pro-Palestine protesters marking Nakba 19/05 09:22 - 'The City Needs to Live.' Inside Ukraine's Second City as Russia Closes In. 19/05 09:09 - ‘Grim reminder’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils mark 15 years since end of civil war 19/05 09:09 - ‘Grim reminder’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils mark 15 years since end of civil war 19/05 09:01 - With an Eye to Black Voters, Biden to Address Graduates at Morehouse College 19/05 08:53 - Leading Republican Lawmaker Chastises Biden in Israel's Parliament 19/05 08:10 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 815 19/05 08:10 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 815 19/05 07:54 - Gantz threatens to quit Israeli war cabinet over postwar plans for Gaza 19/05 07:05 - Russia's glide bombs devastating Ukraine's cities on the cheap 19/05 07:01 - The West 'took eye off ball' over Ukraine, says Shapps 19/05 07:00 - Inside Ukraine's new northern frontline 19/05 06:17 - Benjamin Netanyahu stands strong for now - despite cabinet threats 19/05 06:11 - Ukrainian soldiers reveal how they were secretly moved ahead of new Russian invasion 19/05 06:00 - Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents 19/05 06:00 - 🔴 Live: US National Security Advisor Sullivan heads to Israel for Gaza war talks 19/05 05:00 - Heart patients forced to wait over a year for treatment in England 19/05 05:00 - Rishi Sunak faces cabinet backlash over plans to curb foreign student visas 19/05 04:32 - Israel War Cabinet Member Sets Ultimatum and Threatens to Quit Government 19/05 01:04 - Singer Libianca on the pressure to take sides in Cameroon war 19/05 00:22 - Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion 19/05 00:22 - Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion 19/05 00:01 - Behind Putin Visit, Unease in Beijing Over His Potential Next Stop: North Korea 19/05 00:00 - U.S. Fears Undersea Cables Are Vulnerable to Espionage From Chinese Repair Ships 18/05 23:46 - Russia Presses Attacks in Northeast Ukraine, Seeking Buffer Zone on Border 18/05 23:28 - Israel’s Wartime Government Frays as Frustration with Netanyahu Grows 18/05 23:22 - Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza 18/05 23:16 - U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War 18/05 21:36 - Georgia’s President Vetoes Foreign Influence Law 18/05 21:24 - Russians Poured Over Ukraine’s Border. There Was Little to Stop Them. 18/05 21:14 - Tyson Fury suggests he lost title fight 'because of Ukraine war' 18/05 20:42 - Israeli strikes on Jabalia camp in northern Gaza kill more than 10, injure dozens 18/05 20:21 - Israel’s Gantz demands Gaza post-war plan, threatens to quit gov’t 18/05 20:21 - Israel’s Gantz demands Gaza post-war plan, threatens to quit gov’t