Daily News reports 29th July 2022 Friday (composite)

Brutality backfires: A plan by Kiev to encourage anti-war feelings by spreading videos of the murders of Russian prisoners of war instead outraged the international community. An Azov battalion member discloses the exercise. Moscow blames Kiev's troops for the shelling of a detention facility in the Donetsk People's Republic, killing 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Russia's envoy to the UN says Western countries are complicit in war crimes in Ukraine and Donbass as their weapons supplied to Kiev are being used to kill civilians. Energy rationing measures kick in across Germany as the EU's top economy seeks to lead by example with Europeans gearing up for a cold winter - due to the backlash of their own sanctions against Russia. "Don't play with fire" warns the Chinese president, as Joe Biden holds to his plan to send a delegation to Taiwan. With France hosting Saudi Arabia's crown prince on his first EU trip since a scandal over a high-profile journalist's murder. Human rights advocates blast the French president for wooing him to get energy deals. As US GDP meets the terms of recession, the White House tries to put on a brave face claiming the economy is not struggling.