The Ukrainian president also said a large number of people were "officially missing", meaning the total death toll is thought to be much higher.

Their call comes in the wake of a flurry of visits by Western leaders to China in recent months.

The New Start treaty has limited the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads for both countries.

The project would have built on the ruins of the defence ministry bombed by Nato back in 1999.

One Palestinian woman said members of the Israel-linked militia searched them and their belongings at an Israeli checkpoint inside Gaza.

A 14-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in a classroom on Tuesday.

Norway's royal family has been embroiled in recent scandals, including Crown Princess Mette-Marit links with Epstein.