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Former Ukraine Defence Minister calls for elections

Mykhailo Fedorov, who was sacked last month, has called for war-time elections.

Ukraine's former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, whose sacking last month prompted mass protests, has called for war-time elections, in an apparent challenge to President Zelensky.

A court has heard claims Meta intentionally hooked a generation of children on Facebook and Instagram, as the biggest legal challenge faced by social media platform begins.

And fears that the number of deaths could be sigificantly higher from the conflict in Gaza.

Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy.

(Photo: Ukraine's former minister of Defence Mykhailo Fedorov. Credit: Alina Smutko/Reuters).

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Wed 19 Aug 202606:06GMT

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  • Wed 19 Aug 202606:06GMT