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On any given day, it is hard to say where you might find chef Jose Andres.

It might be at one of his signature restaurants, or it might be somewhere for his nonprofit World Central Kitchen, which feeds people in trouble spots around the world.

Germany has launched an investigation into the leak of a confidential conversation among senior military officials discussing weapons for Ukraine, revealed in an audio recording released by Russian media. The leaked conference call has raised concerns about possible espionage activities in Germany and prompted calls for clarification from Russia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday discussed the Middle East, North Africa and the Black Sea region at a conference in the Turkish city of Antalya, Russian state news agency TASS reported. [Reuters]

The United States will send 300 more military personnel to the Middle East to help with the disposal of explosive devices, maintaining communications and other activities, Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said, quoted by Reuters.

He noted that the servicemen will not be stationed in Israel.

Currys said on Thursday it would give an update on its Greek business, Kotsovolos, where a strategic review is under way which could lead to a sale, in due course.

Sales in Greece rose 3% in the four months to the end of August, the British retailer reported. [Reuters]

Tourists wait for departing planes at the airport, after being evacuated following a wildfire on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on July 23, 2023. [Fedja Grulovic/Reuters]

Citizens in Greece are losing faith in the news delivered by traditional media, partly due to perceptions of undue political and business influence on journalism, according to the annual Digital News Report 2023 by the Reuters Institute based on a YouGov survey of over 93,000 online news consumers in 46 markets covering half of the world's population. 

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic on Wednesday refuted a Reuters report that Serbia has been selling arms to Ukraine or intends to do so, and noted that "Serbia has not been and will not be selling arms to the Ukrainian or the Russian side or countries in the region of the conflict."

The tax consultant of a former MEP at the center of the money-for-influence corruption scandal in the European Parliament has been arrested in Italy, a source directly familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Ukraine is investigating 26,000 cases of war crimes

Ukraine is investigating almost 26,000 cases of alleged war crimes committed since the Russian invasion began in February and has indicted 135 people.