How well prepared is Ukraine for its expected counteroffensive?
Max Bergmann of the Center for Strategic and International Studies talks about Ukraine's planned counteroffensive and what it will take to be successful.
Europe
Latest on Ukraine: Zelenskyy made a spring diplomatic offensive in Europe (May 15)
Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russia attacked the hometown of Ukraine's Eurovision band just before its performance
Ukrainian band Tvorchi competed in the Eurovision grand final in Liverpool on Saturday, minutes after Russian missiles struck their hometown of Ternopil. Two people were injured in the attack.
Final votes are being counted in Turkey's closely watched presidential election
It looks like Turkey's presidential election is heading for a runoff between incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
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Votes are being counted in Turkey's presidential election. U.N. marks 75th anniversary of Palestinian displacement. North Carolina governor vetoes a 12-week abortion ban, setting up an override fight.
Auschwitz museum begins emotional work of conserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children
A two-year effort is underway to preserve 8,000 children's shoes at the former concentration and extermination camp where German forces murdered 1.1 million people during World War II.
Thousands of unregistered weapons are being turned in during Serbia's gun amnesty
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Igor Božic, news director for TV N-1 in Belgrade, about Serbia's amnesty program to turn in unregistered guns following back-to-back mass shootings.
Tight race in Turkey, where the man who's ruled for 2 decades wants to say in power
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Gönül Tol, founding director of the Middle East Institute's Turkey program, about the results of Sunday's presidential election in Turkey.
Guns, grenades and rocket launchers are among 13,500 weapons surrendered in Serbia
The government declared a one-month amnesty period for citizens to surrender unregistered weapons as part of a crackdown on guns following the two shootings this month that left 17 people dead.
Turkey's Erdogan says he would accept a presidential election runoff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was locked in a tight election race, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final votes were counted.