“Sane, law-abiding” people should evacuate Artyomovsk immediately, the deputy prime minister in Kiev urged Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk has warned civilians who remain in the contested frontline city of Artyomovsk to leave immediately. The official expressed surprise at the thousands of people reportedly still in the area as the battle rages.

Britain is now officially in a recession, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday as he delivered his Autumn Statement to Parliament, having unveiled a new fiscal plan to weather the economic “storm.”

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