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A ceasefire appears to be holding in Ukraine – although both sides have accused each other of violating the deal in the hours after the truce deadline passed. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to stop firing at 10pm UK time on Saturday, under a plan agreed in Belarus this week. The military said Ukrainian armed forces immediately fulfilled Mr Poroshenko’s order and guns fell silent in Donetsk and some other parts of the country’s east. Under the peace agreement, both Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatist rebels were to hold their fire, before pulling back their heavy weaponry to form a wide…

One of Germany’s biggest carnivals has been cancelled at the 11th hour following a “specific threat of an Islamist attack”. More than 250,000 people were expected to attend the street parade in the northern city of Braunschweig. But shortly before it was due to start, police told people to stay at home after receiving credible information that an attack was imminent. Police spokesman Thomas Geese said the event was cancelled 90 minutes before its scheduled start time, adding: “Many people arriving at the train station from out of town were already dressed up and very disappointed – but we didn’t…

A man has been charged in connection with an explosion in a town in the Forest of Dean. Kenneth Brown, 43, from Park Road, Gloucester, will appear before magistrates in Cheltenham on Monday on charges of committing arson with intent to endanger life, and criminal damage. He is currently being held in custody. Police say a blast occurred in the town of Coleford, Gloucestershire, on Saturday morning and a man was rescued by fire fighters and taken to hospital with serious injuries. A car is also alleged to have been damaged in the blast.