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According to marine tracking data, the 140-metre long Solaris is now sailing in the Aegean sea after it was forced to leave the picturesque port of Bodrum.

The Bermuda-flagged luxury yacht Solaris, complete with helipad, had been docked at the southern Turkish port since March 22, after departing from Montenegro.

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A group of protesters carrying Ukrainian flags emblazoned with the words "No War" had at the time tried to prevent Solaris from docking.

One day after Solaris tied up, Mr Abramovich's other giant superyacht, the Eclipse, docked in Marmaris – a different port in Turkey.

Both ports are under the control of different owners, and this is the reason Solaris was booted while the 162-metre long, six storey Eclipse has permission to stay.

British company Global Ports Holding operates the Bodrum port, so it forced Solaris out in order to comply with tough UK sanctions against Russia and Mr Abramovich.

Legal experts said Global Ports Holding risked action if it accepted port or other fees for hosting a superyacht linked to Mr Abramovich.

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The Eclipse, believed to be world's second largest superyacht, does not face a similar situation in Marmaris.

It is not known where Solaris, which features a helicopter hangar, tennis court, pool and berths for about 100 guests and crew, is now headed.

After the West imposed sanctions on Russia's oligarchs, Mr Abramovich mobilised his multi-billion-dollar fleet of private planes and yachts.

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Tracking data has shown Mr Abramovich's planes – which include a Boeing Dreamliner – flying in and out of Dubai, Israel, Turkey and Russia.

A 2017 study of Russian oligarchs published by the US-based National Economic Bureau estimated that as much as $1.1 trillion is held by wealthy Russians in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Cyprus, and similar offshore banking centres.

Now a dual Israeli citizen with a net worth estimated at more than $18 billion, Mr Abramovich has used his fortune to buy the British soccer club Chelsea and homes in London and New York.

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He and his now ex-wife frequently socialised with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the daughter and son-in-law of former President Donald Trump.

Recent reports suggest Mr Abramovich is on the hunt for property in sun soaked Dubai, which has become a magnet for Russian oligarchs looking to evade sanctions.

NATO member Turkey has close ties to both Russia and Ukraine.

It has criticised Moscow's invasion of Ukraine but also positioned itself as a neutral party trying to mediate between the two.

Turkey has closed the Turkish Straits connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to most Russian warships but has not imposed sanctions on Russia or shut down its airspace to Russian flights.

An online tool which guides people how to detect COVID-19 via a simple smell test was 79 per cent effective at identifying the disease, a study has found.

The sniff test's effectiveness puts it close to rapid antigen tests when it comes to detecting the virus.

A peer-reviewed international study led by the Weizmann Institute of Science involved 13,000 participants smelling various things around their home; 462 of those had COVID-19.

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They were asked to rate the smell on its pleasantness and intensity on a scale of one to five.

They then submitted their findings on a website, which determined if they had COVID-19 or not.

Items on the smell list include basil, vinegar, cumin, peanut butter, handsoap and toothpaste.

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The study found the test was good at detecting COVID-19 even in asymptomatic people.

But the study notes the smell test was not created as a way for people to detect COVID-19.

Instead it was used as a data-gathering tool studying the effect of COVID-19 on the human brain.

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Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has called the reported use of chemical weapons by Russia in Ukraine "a further wholesale breach of international law".

She said the reports were, "a further indication of President (Vladimir) Putin and Russia's absolute violation of every single value and every single rules-based aspect of the rules-based global order".

Ms Payne said Australia will be working to verify the reports.

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After reports emerged today of a possible strike involving chemical substances of some kind in Mariupol, Ukraine's President warned the possibility should be taken seriously, though a Mariupol official said any such attack remained unconfirmed.

In his nightly address on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia might be preparing to escalate attacks on the besieged south-eastern city.

"Today, the occupiers issued a new statement, which indicates that they are preparing a new stage of terror against Ukraine and our defenders," Mr Zelenskyy said.

"One of the occupiers' spokesmen said that they could use chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol. We take this as seriously as possible."

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Ivanna Klympush, a Ukrainian MP, tweeted an unknown substance in Mariupol was "most likely" chemical weapons.

The US and British governments said they were working to confirm the reports.

The US Defence Department said it was following the situation in Mariupol.

"We are aware of social media reports which claim Russian forces deployed a potential chemical munition in Mariupol, Ukraine," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

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UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tweeted that she was working "urgently with partners" to investigate the reports of a possible chemical attack in Mariupol.

"Reports that Russian forces may have used chemical agents in an attack on the people of Mariupol. We are working urgently with partners to verify details," Ms Truss wrote.

"Any use of such weapons would be a callous escalation in this conflict and we will hold Putin and his regime to account."

– Reported with agencies

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