It is the third hostage situation in the country in less than three weeks. The suspect's demands were not immediately clear, with Ukraine's interior minister labeling the man mentally unstable and a "terrorist."

EX-FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrives at the Swiss public prosecutor's office to be heard in the investigation about a payment of 2 million Swiss francs he made to Michel Platini.

US election officials found no proof of compromised voting systems and no evidence of "deleted or lost votes." The statement came on the heels of renewed and baseless claims of manipulation from President Donald Trump.

In this edition, an investigatory committee for the United Nations is accusing the Malian army of committing war crimes, in a report detailing violence in the country in recent years. Also, the UN is appealing for more than $150 million in additional funding to urgently improve conditions for refugees who have fled fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. And, the Ivory Coast is setting up its first protected marine area as it seeks to protect endangered marine wildlife. We speak to Angela Formia from the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Court admits Governor Obaseki's certificates as evidence

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered a full investigation into the death of Vitaly Shishov after the activist was found dead in a Kyiv park. More dissidents were put on trial in Belarus this week.

Eighty years ago, more than 30,000 Jews were murdered by Nazis in Kyiv in just two days. Babi Yar is the most infamous site of the Holocaust in Ukraine — but the remembrance of the massacres was suppressed for decades.

Ansu Fati's second half strikes helps Barcelona to a 1-0 victory away to Dynamo Kyiv.

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'Growing nervousness' in Kyiv: DW's Nick Connolly reports

Russian forces would enter areas outside Kyiv on Friday, a top Ukrainian defense official has said. Ukraine's president called on the international community to help his country.

Ukrainian forces have been fighting back against Russian assaults on the outskirts of Kyiv. Meanwhile, convoys of civilians have been streaming toward Ukraine's western borders.