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It follows speculation about a rift between the president and Gen Zaluzhnyi, who has led Ukraine's war effort since the conflict began.

Battle-hardened Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi was announced as his replacement in a presidential decree.

It is the biggest change to Ukraine's military leadership since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said the high command needed to be "renewed" and that Gen Zaluzhnyi could "remain on the team".

"Starting today, a new management team will take over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said on Thursday.

Gen Zaluzhnyi is a popular general trusted by Ukrainian soldiers and the public, and has been something of a national hero.

His recent approval ratings have been higher than those of Mr Zelensky.

In a surprise news briefing on Thursday evening, Mr Biden insisted: "My memory is fine."

He slammed a claim that he could not recollect when his son died, saying: "How the hell dare he raise that?"

The inquiry found Mr Biden "wilfully retained and disclosed" classified files, but decided not to charge him.

Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur determined Mr Biden had improperly kept classified documents related to military and foreign policy in Afghanistan after serving as vice-president.

The scathing 345-page report, released earlier in the day, said the president's memory had "significant limitations".

Mr Hur interviewed the 81-year-old president over five hours as part of the inquiry.

The special counsel said Mr Biden could not recall when he was vice-president (from 2009-2017), or "even within several years, when his son Beau died" (2015).

At Thursday night's news conference, an emotional Mr Biden lashed out at the passages casting doubt on his recollection of events.

"Frankly, when I was asked the question I thought to myself, was none of their damn business," he said.

Speaking with US host Tucker Carlson, Mr Putin said talks were ongoing with the US about the journalist, who is being held on espionage charges.

In the interview, Mr Putin held forth on Ukraine, US presidents and the CIA.

It's the first time the Russian leader has sat down with a Western journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

The exclusive has thrust Mr Carlson and his fledgling media company back into the spotlight following the firebrand conservative presenter's abrupt departure from Fox News last year.

Mr Putin said he believed a deal could be struck to release Mr Gershkovich, 32, "if our partners take reciprocal steps".

"The special services are in contact with one another. They are talking… I believe an agreement can be reached."

Mr Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow, on 29 March last year.

The 75-year-old monarch said: "As all those who have been affected by cancer will know, such kind thoughts are the greatest comfort and encouragement."

News of the diagnosis was announced by Buckingham Palace on Monday.

The King is being treated for an unspecified form of cancer and is currently staying at Sandringham.

His cancer was detected while he was undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate in January. While the type of cancer has not been disclosed, the Palace confirmed it was not prostate cancer.

In the message of thanks, he wrote: "It is equally heartening to hear how sharing my own diagnosis has helped promote public understanding and shine a light on the work of all those organisations which support cancer patients and their families across the UK and wider world.

"My lifelong admiration for their tireless care and dedication is all the greater as a result of my own personal experience."

The King has stepped back from all public-facing duties while he is being treated for the cancer, with senior royals - including Queen Camilla and Prince of Wales - taking on his duties for some events.

He left Clarence House, London, for his Norfolk residence on Wednesday, accompanied by the Queen. His younger son, the Duke of Sussex, had flown in from the US for a brief visit earlier that day.

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said "over half of Gaza's population are sheltering in the area", while Dutch FM Hanke Bruins Slot said there could be "many civilian casualties".

Saudi Arabia warned of "very serious repercussions" if Rafah was stormed.

Gaza's Hamas rulers said there could "tens of thousands" of casualties.

Israel launched its operations in the Palestinian enclave after more than 1,200 people were killed in southern Israel on 7 October by Hamas gunmen.

More than 27,900 people have been killed and at least 67,000 injured in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Many Gazans have ended up in Rafah having been forced to flee their homes elsewhere at least once.

Saturday's warnings came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to prepare to evacuate civilians from the city ahead of an expanded offensive against Hamas.

"It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war without eliminating Hamas, and by leaving four Hamas battalions in Rafah. It is clear that intense activity in Rafah requires that civilians evacuate the areas of combat," Mr Netanyahu's office said.

"It's a small, important, fading minority of mostly Northeastern preppy types of old money in American terms," says York. "Fred Astaire and his sister Adele, who married a British toff, spent a lot of time in London in the 1930s. The Kennedys were tribal with the Devonshires. American plutocrats love British clothes, especially men's clothing. And they love our interiors. Clive Aslet's book, An Exuberant Catalogue of Dreams: The Americans who Revived the Country House in Britain, is about American owners of English country houses who restore English country houses, making them perfect, if sanitised. To be fair, they often do this very well."

According to a report from environmental group Rainforest Action Network, Barclays was the biggest funder of the fossil fuel sector in Europe between 2016 and 2021.

It provided just under $16.5bn (£13bn) in 2022, although that was significantly lower than in previous years. In 2019 and 2020, the figure was more than $30bn.

However, the bank has been under pressure from environmental campaigners, shareholder activists and even celebrities to curb its support.

Last year, a campaign group including the actress Emma Thompson and the film director Richard Curtis called on the All England Lawn Tennis Club to remove Barclays as a sponsor of Wimbledon. They claimed the bank was "profiting from climate chaos".

In what it called a Climate Change Statement, Barclays announced it would no longer provide direct funding for projects designed to expand oil and gas production, or infrastructure related to such projects.

It said it would also end direct funding for any oil and gas projects in the Amazon or in the Arctic Circle, or which were aimed at extracting, processing or transporting oil from oil sands.

But direct funding for specific projects makes up only part of Barclays' overall lending to the sector.

The bank said there would also be restrictions on new financing for energy groups themselves, although these will be stricter for new clients than existing ones.

The result meant hosts Qatar became the fifth team to win back-to-back Asian titles, having also triumphed in 2019.

Yazan Al-Naimat's second-half goal had levelled matters after Afif had dispatched a first-half penalty.

However, Afif scored twice more from the spot in the closing stages after video assistant referee checks to finish the tournament with eight goals.

Jordan had been aiming to win the Asian Cup for the first time having stunned South Korea 2-0 in the semi-finals to reach their first final.

But Qatar were awarded their first spot-kick of the game when Afif was felled in the box by Abdallah Nasib after running on to Lucas Mendes' pass.

Afif found the bottom corner to cap a terrific first-half display, but Jordan improved in the second period and deservedly restored parity when Ihsan Haddad's pass was collected in his stride by Yazan Al-Naimat, who skipped away from his marker before rifling a vicious drive past goalkeeper Meshaal Barsham.

Mr Biden will not be charged for keeping classified documents, but the report cast him as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory".

Vice-President Kamala Harris slammed the description as "gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate".

She also alleged the prosecutor was "clearly politically motivated".

Robert Hur, a Donald Trump appointee who has previously clerked for two well-known conservative judges, was appointed to lead the Biden classified document probe last year.

• Prosecutor faces political glare after Biden report

His selection by US Attorney General Merrick Garland that January came as the justice department faced criticism from Republicans over a separate special counsel appointment to investigate Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of top secret files.

But Mr Hur's publicly-released report included a letter from the White House asking that the comments about the president's memory be revised "in a manner that is within the bounds of your expertise and remit".

Ms Harris, who has previously served as a prosecutor, echoed that criticism at a news conference on Friday.

"The way that the president's demeanour in that report was characterised could not be more wrong on the facts, and clearly politically motivated," she said.

"When it comes to the role and responsibility of a prosecutor in a situation like that, we should expect there would be a higher level of integrity."

Rio de Janeiro has traditionally captured almost half of this business and attracted most of the international tourists; its Carnival is the world's largest and most extravagant. Coastal cities like Salvador and Recife also have a strong Carnival tradition, while more recently, Brazil's largest metropolis, São Paulo, has emerged as an important Carnival destination. 

But this year, Brazilians-in-the-know are heading to Belo Horizonte.

Built as a planned city 127 years ago, Belo Horizonte is the capital of Minas Gerais, a state famous for its culinary traditions and sugarcane spirits. The city itself is renowned for its bohemian culture and laid-back vibe, but Carnival is taken very seriously here – blocos, or street bands, start as early as 05:00, and continue on until the early evening. This year, the number of blocos held will surpass that of Rio, and its Carnival is expected to inject R$1bn (£160m) into the local economy.

"It is only in even more recent years that Beagá has emerged as a popular destination for Carnival goers," recalled Marina Pisa, organiser of the popular Pisa na Fulô bloco in Belo Horizonte. "People used to leave the city – it was deserted."

According to Pisa, Belo Horizonte did used to celebrate Carnival when the city was founded in the late 19th Century. But in the 1980s, the parades died out due to lack of funds and interest, and it was only in 2009 that Carnival here was "reborn".