It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September.

But several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.

Novaya Gazeta has been one of the most high-profile independent news outlets in Russia over the last three decades.

Óscar Puente has been facing calls to resign after two high-speed trains collided earlier in the week, killing at least 69 people.

The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress.

Shares in Intel continue to fall while the tech-heavy Nasdaq opens at its lowest level in more than two months.