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Bono and The Edge last night performed a 40 minute acoustic set in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, after accepting an invitation from Ukrainian president Volodmyr Zelenskiy.The musicians played to around 100 people in a subway station currently being used as a shelter from attacks on the city. In a statement, the musicians said that Zelenskiy “invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do”.The set included U2 hits such as ‘With Or Without You’, ‘Desire’, ‘Angel Of Harlem’ and ‘Vertigo’, as well as a cover of Ben E King’s ‘Stand By Me’ performed with Taras Topolia, frontman of the band Antytila, who recently also appeared on a remix of Ed Sheeran’s ‘2step’, while also fighting in the Ukrainian army.During the performance, Bono told the audience that of all the great cities around the globe there was “nowhere in the whole world that we would rather be in today than in the great city of Kyiv”.“The people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom”, he said.

violence and bloodshed at the hands of Russia, Ukraine got a bit of rock-fueled relief thanks to U2’s Bono and The Edge, who were invited by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a surprise concert in Kyiv. “Zelenskyy invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and so that’s what we’ve come to do,” the musicians wrote on U2’s Twitter page. Bono and The Edge performed an acoustic show with just a guitar and some mics in a subway station in the Ukrainian capital that has been converted into a makeshift bomb shelter.

Jennie Punter Last week Darya Bassel, the curator of Docudays UA’s industry platform, returned to her home in Kyiv and found herself smiling “like a crazy person” to be back at work and resuming something of a daily routine. “I’m still sitting 12 hours a day with my laptop,” she said during Slava Ukraini, an early morning session that kicked off Day 2 of Hot Docs’ Industry LIVE conference.“There are just some additional tasks on my to-do list,” she continued.

Angelina Jolie has been pictured in the Ukrainian city of Lviv as part of a mission for refugees.DONATE NOW: What can you do to help Ukraine?The special envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) visited hospitals and local organizations helping the injured and displaced, but shocked residents when she walked into a local coffee shop in the western city on Saturday morning.She was dressed casually in a baggy gray pants, and an oversized gray jumper, with a backpack slung over one shoulder.Walking in with a male companion, guests quickly approached her and asked for autographs.READ: 5 ways to cope with news induced anxiety right nowPARENTING ADVICE: How to talk to your children about the Ukraine/Russia conflict"I just went to have a coffee, and it’s only Angelina Jolie,: wrote local journalist Maya Pidgoretska, who posted the video to Facebook."Ukraine is simply supported by the entire world." Angelina with local childrenAngelina was appointed Special Envoy in April 2012, focusing on major crises that result in mass population displacements, undertaking advocacy and representing UNHCR at the diplomatic level.In March she spoke of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and shared a poignant post about Ukrainian children.

United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelia Jolie is visiting the Ukrainian city of Lviv this weekend, located in the western part of the war-torn country.

Ukraine are already the firm favourites to take victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in a fortnight’s time with their entry Kalush Orchestra.

President Emmanuel Macron has won France’s presidential run-off, beating far-right rival Marine Le Pen, according to the exit polls. Mr Macron would be the first French president in 20 years to win a second term, which lasts five years, since Jacques Chirac in 2002.

A nearly three-hour televised debate between French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on Wednesday night scored the lowest ever ratings for such a match-up. With 15.6 million total viewers, the heated exchange between the incumbent and the far right extremist was aired live on both TF1 and France 2. The market share was, however, a solid 61%.

Japan Opera Foundation, performs “Melody,” composed by Myroslav Skoryk, her voice turns into a wail of mourning, a pensive but piercing prayer for her homeland.“It’s like I’m crying through the melody for people who are already in heaven,” she said.Stepanyuk, who has been singing in Japan for two decades, is dedicating her latest series of concerts to peace.Admission was free. But the packed crowd, who gave a standing ovation, was stuffing bills into the blue and yellow boxes at the door, collecting donations for water, food and medicine for Ukraine.“Music has no borders.

Prince Harry has branded the Ukrainian Invictus Games team as “extraordinary” after the country’s team still made it to the Netherlands – where the event is being hosted – despite the ongoing conflict in their country. Despite the war Ukraine it’s believed the team got President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's blessing to attend the Games, which were founded by the Duke of Sussex in 2014.

seven Ukranian filmmakers urged for a cultural boycott of Russia, claiming that it would be “an attempt to cleanse the world of the propaganda of a terrorist state”.Statements were released by several filmmakers including Volcano director Roman Bondarchuk, Valentyn Vasyanovych (Atlantis) and Nariman Aliev (Homeward) explaining their reasoning.At Visions du Réel, producer Illia Gladshtein and director Nadia Parfan, whose film Heat Singers screened at the festival in 2019, sat on the panel. They were joined by Maksim Nakonechnyi, whose debut film Butterfly Vision will show at Cannes next month, and photographer-director Artem Iurchenko (Cursed Days, 2018).Nakonechnyi has been shooting in Ukraine since the first days of the war in February.

Good Morning Britain presenter Adil Ray had to apologise when a Ukrainian millionaire turned the air blue live on air.