NATO urged Russia on Wednesday to tone down its “fiery rhetoric” after repeated Moscow attacks on the growing influence of the military alliance and US plans to base parts of a missile shield in Europe.

Ex-Soviet Moldova wants major powers to sign a declaration guaranteeing its neutrality, its president said, a step that could ease the way for a peace deal over its breakway Transdniestria region.

A 42-year-old woman, who police said made “threatening gestures with a knife”, was shot Tuesday by a Henderson officer and later died at a local hospital, according to a police report.