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Public pressure is increasing on Coca-Cola to take a stand against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine as people are urging customers to boycott the brand while it remains silent.

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi also offered Beijings help in mediating peace between the two countries, and said China would send humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Prada, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Fendi were among those to clear their shelves in the luxury shopping malls of the Russian capital as sanctions begin to bite.

The price at the pumps could hit a wallet-hammering 175p next week as average petrol prices on UK forecourts exceeded 155p for the first time today.

Penn, his voice cracking with emotion, spoke about the devastating experience of fleeing the war-torn Ukraine with thousands of refugees, saying the country had noticed the cavalry is not coming.

Global oil prices are at the highest level for 14 years today - spiking to $140 per barrel on some markets - as the West considers banning imports of Russian oil that gives the state $100billion-a-month.

Vladimir Vavilov, the chairman of a cancer charity that runs a hospice for unwell children, organised the pro-war stunt in the city of Kazan, in the Tatarstan region, this weekend.

The move by the 27 member states is the first step in the blocs notoriously complex process for deciding whether to allow new members to join, which can drag on for years.

Europe minister James Cleverly (pictured) was pressed for an explanation of the low numbers - while Priti Patel declared people will no longer need family links to come to Britain.

Coffins of those killed in attacks carried out by Vladimir Putins forces on Chernihiv were pictured in a make-shift grave, after Russian bombs pounded the citys main cemetery.