Zelensky accuses EU allies of 'blackmail' in oil pipeline row
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused European allies of seeking to "blackmail" Kyiv into reopening a pipeline transporting Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, BBC reported.
He said restoring the flow of Russian crude oil through Ukraine into the European Union (EU) would be like lifting economic sanctions on Moscow.
Ukraine says the Soviet-era Druzhba oil pipeline was damaged by Russian air strikes in January and has yet to be repaired, according to BBC.
Severe flooding kills 66 in Kenya, as heavy rains continue
A further four people have died in Kenya after heavy rain caused widespread flooding, police said, taking the number to have died in the past week to at least 66, BBC reported.
The capital, Nairobi, was hit by more heavy rain overnight although no new deaths were reported.
Eleven people were rescued after a minibus taxi, known locally as a matatu, got stuck as water rose in Nairobi, according to the Kenya Red Cross, while two children were saved from a flooded house, according to BBC.
Cuban protesters ransack Communist office as energy crisis deepens
Protesters in Cuba have ransacked a Communist Party building following a rally over steep food prices and persistent power cuts, in a rare show of public dissent, BBC reported.
Five people were arrested after a small group vandalised the offices in the central city of Moron overnight into Saturday, Cuba's Interior Ministry (Minint) said.
Discontent among Cubans has been mounting as the island is buffeted by rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, exacerbated by a prolonged US oil blockade, according to BBC.
Russia exploiting Iran war, Zelensky says after fresh bombardment
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of attempting to exploit the war in the Middle East to cause "even greater destruction" in his country, BBC reported.
He said Ukraine needed air-defence systems regardless of what was happening elsewhere. The US-Israeli war with Iran has led to many air-defence missiles being expended fending off retaliatory attacks.
Zelensky's comments came after Russia launched another massive aerial bombardment overnight into Saturday in which at least five people were killed, according to BBC.
