The small Alpine country’s 1.7 million eligible voters are choosing a successor to incumbent Borut Pahor on Sunday.

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Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces keep inching closer to a full assault on the occupied southern region’s capital after targeting Kremlin-backed forces’ resupply routes across the Dnipro River.

“I suppose we will need many years…to make this territory safe again,” bomb disposal experts deal with the aftermath of Iranian-made drones in Ukraine.

Maradona earned 91 caps for Argentina, and represented his country at four World Cups. His second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final tie was voted “Goal of the Century” in 2002.

This year, more than 600 people have died and 1.3 million others have been forced to evacuate their homes, according to the latest government figures.

Russia has declared its intention to target Ukraine’s power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the war.

China’s former leader, Hu Jintao, was helped off the stage during the closing session of the 20th National Congress in Beijing, sparking speculation about his health.

World-renowned director Tim Burton received the Lumière lifetime achievement award in the French city known as the birthplace of cinema.