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LONDON (AP) — A photo of a sick boy sleeping on a hospital floor because no beds were available has become one of the defining images of Britain’s bruising election campaign.

It forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson onto the defensive and ignited a fierce online debate over whether it was real or fake.

10 Dec 2019; MEMO: The French Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that Paris will host an international conference on Lebanon on December 11th.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman, Agnes von der Muhll told reporters in a daily online briefing that the conference aims to urge Beirut to accelerate the formation of a government capable of improving the economic situation in the country.

PARIS, December 10. /TASS/: The settlement of the conflict in Donbass is impossible without first ensuring security, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told a press conference after the Normandy Four summit in Paris.

"The Ukrainian side insisted that the comprehensive resolution of all issues is impossible without the most important element — the situation with security," Zelensky said. "Only if security is ensured, political issues may be resolved," he added.

SEVASTOPOL, December 10. /TASS/: The Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Essen fired Kalibr cruise missiles to strike a simulated enemy’s naval and air targets in drills, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/: Gazprom plans to continue negotiations with Ukraine on the gas issue in recent days, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian gas holding Alexei Miller told reporters on Tuesday.

"We will continue negotiations with the Ukrainian side in the bilateral format in coming days," Miller said.

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/: The Normandy Four summit in Paris has achieved the highest possible results so far, since the validity of the Minsk agreements has been reaffirmed there. However, difficulties with their interpretation persist, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s (upper house) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said on Tuesday.

PARIS, December 10. /TASS/: A Georgian national killed in Berlin was one of the organizers of terrorist attacks in the Moscow subway, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a press conference after the Normandy Four summit in Paris.

"He was one of the organizers of the attacks on the Moscow subway," Putin said.

PARIS, December 10. /TASS/: The price of gas for industrial consumers in Ukraine may be 25% lower if Moscow and Kiev agree on "joint honest work," Russian President Vladimir Putin told a press conference after the Normandy Four summit in Paris.

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/: Some 78 international terrorist organizations’ cells have been uncovered in Russia this year in all federal districts, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director and Head of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee Alexander Bortnikov said on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. disruption of the global economic order reaches a major milestone on Tuesday as the World Trade Organization (WTO) loses its ability to intervene in trade wars, threatening the future of the Geneva-based body.

Two years after starting to block appointments, the United States will finally paralyze the WTO’s Appellate Body, which acts as the supreme court for international trade, as two of three members exit and leave it unable to issue rulings.