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Planes parked on the runway of Ankara Esenboga Airport thought to be involved in a prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries. IMAGES
A Russian jet arrives at Esen Boga airport in Ankara, the Turkish capital, ahead of an expected prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries, reported by US media. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Nigel Farage's claim that the West provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "completely wrong and only plays into Putin's hands". The far-right leader of Britain's anti-immigration Reform UK party said in a BBC interview Friday that "we've provoked this war", while adding that "of course" it was Russian president Vladimir Putin's "fault". "This kind of appeasement is dangerous for Britain's security, the security of our allies that rely on us, and only emboldens Putin further," Sunak tells reporters while on the campaign trail ahead of July 4 general elections. SOUNDBITE
Images show a controlled "explosion" that was performed by Turkish security forces at a point near Turkey's Ministry of Interior building in Ankara in the aftermath of a bombing attack that shook the Turkish capital in the morning hours. IMAGES
Israeli security forces gather at the scene of a ramming attack at Maccabim checkpoint near the West Bank village of Bayt Sira, in the latest attack to rock the occupied territory. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounces Sweden for allowing a protest during which a man burned pages from the Koran, the sacred scripture of Islam, further clouding the Nordic nation's chances of quickly joining NATO. "We will never yield to the politics of provocation or the politics of threat," he says in televised remarks. SOUNDBITE
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