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  Russia's invasion of Ukraine  is the first time war has raged in a country with such an advanced and established nuclear power programme, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said. Russia backs UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi's idea of a trilateral meeting with Ukraine on ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities there during Russia's invasion but not at Chernobyl as Grossi wants, Moscow's envoy to the watchdog said. Rescuers remove debris from a school building damaged by shelling, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the first time war has raged in a country with such an advanced and established nuclear power programme, the International  Atomic Energy  Agency has said. Full coverage of Russia-Ukraine conflict here The country has four operational nuclear power plants, including Europe's largest by capacity, at Zaporizhzhia near Crimea. A building close to but separate from the reactors at Z...

A video of a Ukrainian military band playing  Bobby McFerrin' s Don’t Worry Be Happy has surfaced online. The video shows five brass players in military uniform guarding Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre as they played the song. Ukranian military band plays Don’t Worry Be Happy as they protect Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre.  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine  entered the 14th day. Ukraine remains in the middle of chaos ever since Russian forces invaded the country on February 24. Some gut-wrenching pictures and videos from the war-torn nation have been emerging on social media. Now, a video of a Ukrainian military band playing Bobby McFerrin's Don’t Worry Be Happy has surfaced online. The video shows five brass players in  military  uniform guarding Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre and playing Don’t Worry Be Happy. Ukrainian flags wave in the background as the band plays on. You can also see the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre at a distance.

LONDON  : The invasion of   Ukraine   has exposed anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias across European policymaking and news media. For hundreds of thousands of hounded, rejected or stranded refugees and asylum-seekers, the revelations of prejudice and favoritism must come as no surprise, though. In the most recent incident — a textbook case of double standards — a Danish politician suggested that Ukrainian refugees could be exempt from laws that had allowed authorities to seize the assets of Syrian and Iranian refugees. Russia Ukraine Crisis Rasmus Stoklund, immigration spokesman for  Denmark ’s Social Democratic government, told Danish paper  Ekstra Bladet  last week that the so-called jewelry law should not be applied to Ukrainians fleeing the conflict because they are from a “nearby region.” Later, Stoklund said :  “The jewelry law is made for if you leave the nearby region where you are safe, and travel through safe countries … but that is not the case ...