Foreign correspondent Seamus Kearney

Ukraine marks Anniversary Day by vowing to continue fight for freedom, Sweden reverses decades-old policy of phasing out nuclear energy, figures show Europe's summer of wildfires worst on record, and France shocked by death of influencer during livestreaming "challenge".

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