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Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss pledged to deliver on a range of issues after being named the new Conservative Party leader on Monday. Truss will be the U.K.'s third female prime minister, following Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

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Liz Truss is the U.K.'s next prime minister

8:52am September 05, 2022

by Willem Marx

Truss, who currently serves as foreign minister, will be the U.K.'s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, replacing the outgoing Boris Johnson.

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Members of the volunteer Sheikh Mansur Battalion (from left) Islam, Mansur and Asadulla speak to an AFP journalist during an interview in Zaporizhzhia on June 9. The Sheikh Mansur Battalion was founded in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea and composed m

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Meet the Chechen battalion joining Ukraine to fight Russia — and fellow Chechens

7:00am September 05, 2022

While many Chechen fighters have deployed in Ukraine for Russia, this group is there to defend the country from the Russians.

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Germany announces a multibillion dollar inflation relief package

5:03am September 05, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

The German government has announced a $65 billion dollar relief package to help citizens facing soaring inflation and surging energy costs as Russia cuts off its gas supplies to Europe.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Mariano Grossi talks to reporters on a road outside the city of Zaporizhzhia after his visit to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Sept. 1, amid the Russian invasion of

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Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Sept. 5)

5:00am September 05, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Seeing parallels, doctors apply lessons from Syria to their work in Ukraine

5:23pm September 04, 2022

by Tim Mak

Doctors who have worked in two modern war zones — Syria and Ukraine — are seeing the same gruesome tactics and injuries brought about by Russian military action.

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What it took to ship out Ukraine's first grain delivery since Russia's invasion

5:23pm September 04, 2022

Drought and regional conflict has made millions of East Africans food insecure. NPR's Michel Martin asks Michael Dunford about the World Food Programme's work to deliver Ukrainian grain to the region.

A member of Black September appears on the balcony of the apartment where gunmen held members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage on Sept. 5, 1972. It was the first time a terrorist attack had been broadcast live to a global audience.

50 years ago, the Munich Olympics massacre changed how we think about terrorism

4:50pm September 04, 2022

by James Doubek

Gunmen held members of the Israeli team hostage, eventually killing them, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The attack was the first time a global audience had witnessed terrorism as it happened.

Cars and trucks line up for hours at Latvia's Terehova border crossing into Russia on Aug. 3.

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At Latvia's border with Russia, the line grows long, and tempers short

6:01am September 04, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

European sanctions on Russia over Ukraine have caused major traffic backups along the Latvian border. And truckers can feel the mounting tension between Russia and NATO members like Latvia.

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The latest from Ukraine: U.N. nuclear inspectors visit Russian-occupied region

8:43am September 03, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

U.N. nuclear inspectors were finally able to access a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine this week. They say the plant faces grave risks, especially from shelling.

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The government in France is urging energy conservation to avoid rationing

8:29am September 03, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

France is far less dependent on Russian fuel than some other European countries, but the government is still urging business to conserve energy this winter to prevent the need for rationing.