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Von der Leyen said the money would be generated either from EU borrowing or by using Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc to fund a "reparations loan", the option pushed by her commission and multiple member states.

Mourners continued to stream to a small park near the charred buildings on Wednesday, placing hundreds of bouquets and notes of remembrance for the victims, the youngest of whom was a one-year-old baby, and the oldest 97.

The court alleges El Hishri took part in "personally torturing, mistreating, sexually abusing and killing detainees" and also "exercised his authority over all Mitiga prison staff and detainees."

On Tuesday, 54 couples tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, a defiant celebration of life amid the wreckage of war.

Moscow has felt emboldened in recent months by the growing pace of its army's advance in Ukraine.