Officials say at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a southern Ukrainian village in what the president called an "utterly horrific" attack.

In air traffic audio, a crew member can be heard shouting: "We are going to crash into the ground!"

The temperature of freezers in several shops across Europe reportedly rose to as high as 50C.

Though unprecedented, the six-day truce has done little to alter the wider trajectory of a war that continues to grinds on.

A rights group will argue the world-leading policy robs under-16s of their right to free communication.

The case, part of the "Farmgate" scandal, has left President Cyril Ramaphosa mired in an impeachment saga.