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Added on the 09/09/2022 18:27:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, announces that EU foreign ministers have agreed to suspend a 2007 visa facilitation deal with Russia, but the bloc stopped short of a wider visa ban as requested by some member states. SOUNDBITE
A report suggests that Tashfeen Malik, the wife and accomplice of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, could have been prevented from obtaining a U.S. visa if immigration officials were allowed to check her social media profiles.
Explosions ring out and smoke rises in the area of Ocheretyne, a village in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region which, according to observers, is now mostly controlled by Russian forces. On Sunday, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces said the situation on the frontline had "worsened", with Moscow's troops making a number of notable gains. IMAGES
A hospital in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is evacuating its patients and staff over fears of Russian strikes following claims by Belarus's secret services that it, along with another medical facility, hosted military personnel. "The city is urgently beginning to evacuate two hospitals... because a video is widely circulated online, actually de facto announcing an enemy attack on these medical facilities," Kyiv's city administration said. IMAGES
Technicians inspect the site where a major television tower was toppled in Ukraine's war-battered city of Kharkiv following bombardments from Russia forces. An AFP journalist in Ukraine's second-largest city saw the red-and-white spire of the 240-metre structure toppled after local officials reported a barrage by Russian forces. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).