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31 分钟Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian attack on Kharkiv could have been prevented if international donors allowed their weapons to be used inside Russia. Also: do marmoset monkeys call each other by name?
This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Saturday the 31 August, these are our main stories.
Ukrainian officials say a russian air attack has killed at least seven people in Kharkiv.
Moscow has pulled part of its paramilitary force out of Burkina Faso to help defend Russia's Kursk region from a ukrainian offensive.
Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the immediate suspension of the social media platform x in the country.
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We begin in Ukraine.
Officials in the countrys second city, Kharkiv, say at least seven people were killed and dozens hurt on Friday in russian strikes, including a guided bomb attack.
The victims include a teenage girl in a playground and people in a nearby apartment block.
Abdul Jalil Abdurasulov reports from each day.
Residents of Kharkiv can only guess who and what will be Moscows next target.
This time, russian glide bombs killed residents living in a twelve story apartment block and a 14 year old girl in a playground.
Glide bombs are not as precise as cruise missiles or ballistic rockets.
Their purpose is to cause devastation, and this is exactly what the Kremlin wants to achieve.
Kyiv says President Zelensky responded to this attack by once again calling on Ukraine's allies to lift restrictions on the use of long range weapons to attack russian territories.
Meanwhile, President Zelenskyy has dismissed the commander of the air force after one of the f 16 fighter jets donated by its NATO allies crashed on Monday.
The pilot of the plane was killed.