27 Jun 2022

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

From Nine To Noon, 9:47 am on 27 June 2022
US President Joe Biden and France's President Emmanuel Macron smoothed diplomatic fallout from the AUKUS agreement during a phone call.

US President Joe Biden and France's President Emmanuel Macron smoothed diplomatic fallout from the AUKUS agreement during a phone call. Photo: AFP

In what Ukraine describes as provocation as G7 leaders meet in Germany to discuss the impact of Putin's invasion, Russia has bombed Kyiv for the first time in weeks, killing one person and wounding half a dozen others.

A kindergarten and housing block were among the targets hit.

There's shock in Norway after a shooting rampage on Pride day, and in Turkey, riot police have prevented people gathering for a pride event in Istanbul.