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Stürzenberger, 58, is a controversial far-right activist who has been convicted in the past for insulting police and inciting hatred against Islam. He rose to prominence in 2007 after leading protests against the construction of a mosque in Munich.

The fire brigade reported that more than 80% of the vast complex was ablaze, prompting the deployment of 50 teams to carry out rescue operations.

Protests over Israel's war in Gaza snarled traffic around the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, slowing stars' arrival on the red carpet.

"A deliberate missile strike on a village in Kharkiv region on an ordinary store and cafe," President Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address, delivered while attending a summit of the European Political Community in Spain. "Russian troops could not have been unaware of where they were hitting. This was no blind strike."

Some 11,000 Hassidic Jews are set to visit Rebbe Nachman's grave in the city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah. Ukrainian officials suspect that Russian disinformation campaign that blames Ukraine for supposed plot against Jewish pilgrims might be a precursor to Kremlin-led "false flag" operation during the weekend.

The two will meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

The Wagner Group chief's fate has been the subject of intense speculation ever since he mounted a short-lived rebellion in June. The plane signal was lost in a rural region with no nearby airfields where the jet could have landed safely.