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Black smoke seen from miles away billowed over the former Bethlehem steel plant in Lackawanna, New York on Wedneday after a maintenance employee was changing hot light bulbs when one fell on cardboard and started a fire. More than 100 firefighters were rushed to the site, along with several fire trucks and a helicopter, in order to battle the blaze. There have not been any reports of casualties as of yet. Local authorities report that the fire has been contained.
Polish Prime Minister Donal Tusk welcomes his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal in Warsaw for bilateral talks over farm imports. Polish farmers have been blocking border crossings with Ukraine since last month to protest at what they say is unfair competition from goods from the war-torn country. The border blockades and grain dispute have strained ties between the neighbours, even as Poland has shown staunch support for Ukraine since the Russian invasion. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calls Russia's 'heavy losses' in the Black Sea a 'great victory' for Ukraine, after Kyiv said it had destroyed another Russian warship in the key battleground. SOUNDBITE
In Tarn-et-Garonne, angry farmers are blocking access to the Golfech nuclear power station, which supplies electricity to the Toulouse region. Around fifty tractors and several bales of straw are blocking traffic. IMAGES
The first grain ship to sail from Ukraine since Russia reimposed its Black Sea blockade in July crosses the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. Ukrainian officials said the Palau-flagged Resilient Africa vessel was carrying 3,000 tonnes of wheat when it left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port on Tuesday. It was destined for Israel, according to marine traffic websites, representing the first successful Black Sea voyage since Russia pulled out of a UN-backed deal to export Ukrainian grain. IMAGES
UN nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, arrives at Ukraine's Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic plant to assess the situation after a dam near the plant was damaged earlier this month. IMAGES
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