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Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:50:07 GMT
Ukraine war: Kyiv claims major gains as Russia exits Kherson
Kyiv reports rapid advances of seven kilometres after Moscow said it would leave the key city.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 05:57:44 GMT
Ukraine: We will not negotiate with war criminals
Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin dismisses reports that Ukraine could negotiate with Russia.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:09:04 GMT
Inside the capture of a Russian oligarch's superyacht
A $325m luxury boat is floating in a US cargo port after the FBI tracked it down in the Pacific.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 08:58:58 GMT
Brussels: Police officer stabbed to death
Anti-terrorist officials take over the inquiry after two officers are attacked near a railway station.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:15:19 GMT
Salto de Castro: Spanish village on sale for €260,000
With 44 homes, a hotel and a church, an uninhabited town on the Portuguese border is on the market.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 21:16:19 GMT
France suspends migrant deal with Italy over boat row
Paris was going to accept 3,500 migrants until Italy turned away a rescue boat with 230 on board.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:48:29 GMT
KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion
The fast-food chain urged German customers to commemorate the Nazi pogrom with cheesy chicken.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 02:07:12 GMT
Ukraine war: Russians kept in the dark by internet search
Why users of Russia's top search engine are unlikely to get to the truth about the war in Ukraine.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:40:31 GMT
Ukraine war: Refugee's wife died at maternity hospital
Ivan Kalinina, now living in Wales, lost his wife and baby son in the Mariupol hospital bombing.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:00:46 GMT
Kherson: As Russia retreats, Ukrainians still fear a trap
"I learnt not to believe a word the Russians say," one resident tells the BBC's Jeremy Bowen.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:06:05 GMT
Ukraine war: Biden sees 'real problems' for Russia after Kherson retreat order
Russia is retreating from the city, the only regional capital it captured during the invasion.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:20:47 GMT
Ukraine war: US estimates 200,000 military casualties on all sides
The estimates are the highest offered yet by a Western official on the months-long conflict.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:53:04 GMT
Brittney Griner: Jailed US basketball star moved to Russian penal colony
Moscow has been accused of using the WNBA star Brittney Griner "as a political pawn".

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:03:17 GMT
Kirill Stremousov: Senior Russian Kherson official dies in car crash, officials say
Kirill Stremousov was appointed two months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:24:14 GMT
Hollywood actor Sean Penn gives his Oscar to Zelensky
The Hollywood star gifted his award to the Ukrainian president on a visit to Kyiv.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:36:27 GMT
Ukraine war: Why is control of Kherson so important?
Kherson, in southern Ukraine, is seen as a vital city for Ukraine to capture and for Russia to defend.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:14:19 GMT
Ukraine war: US confirms 'communications' with Kremlin
Jake Sullivan reportedly held talks with Kremlin aides to guard against nuclear escalation in Ukraine.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 03:15:38 GMT
Ukraine is reason to act fast on climate - UK PM
Rishi Sunak tells the COP27 summit in Egypt a greener planet is possible and there "is room for hope".

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:15:34 GMT
Ukraine war: West warned against complacency on air defence support
A new report by Rusi warns Western nations to increase their supply of air defences to Ukraine.

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 01:32:39 GMT
The agony of not knowing, as Mariupol mass burial sites grow
Residents described the heartache of not knowing where their family members are buried.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:01:02 GMT
World Cup 1982: Brazil v Italy and 'the day football died'
Brazil have won football's biggest prize a record five times but still harbour their own stories of World Cup hurt.

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 07:27:28 GMT
UK-Swiss science deal as both barred from EU scheme
Political tensions mean both nations have been shut out of the EU's prestigious Horizon programme.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:08:22 GMT
France calls time on anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane in Sahel
President Macron said some troops would remain in the region, but under new arrangements.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:51:42 GMT
Ancient Rome: Stunningly preserved bronze statues found in Italy
The discovery of 24 statues thought to be around 2,300 years old may "rewrite history", an expert says.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:05:24 GMT
WW2 evacuee: 'I thought I was going on a day trip'
Kitty Baxter was evacuated on the first day of the war.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:39:28 GMT
Putin allies who criticise Russia's war machine
The top brass have been sharply criticised over the war by Ramzan Kadyrov and Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:20:22 GMT
Ukrainians dance in the dark to battle power cuts
Kremenchuk is among the worst-hit cities and Ukrainians say Russia's tactics only make them angrier.

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 01:05:19 GMT
'We know where your family live' - Ukrainian fighters face online death threats
A BBC investigation finds that Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Ukrainian activists are being targeted on Telegram.

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:42:14 GMT
'Help us' heard from migrant rescue boat waiting to dock in Italy
People could be heard chanting from a ship as it sits in a Sicilian dock.

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 12:45:32 GMT
Russian nightclub fire: At the scene of blaze that left at least 13 dead
At least 13 people died in the blaze which investigators believe started after a man fired a flare gun.

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 10:36:29 GMT
Could this be the world's smallest pony?
Pumuckel, from Germany, is only 50 centimetres tall and weighs just 35 kilos.

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 23:53:43 GMT
Why we know so little about the battle for Kherson
Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor, on the difficulties of reporting from the frontline.

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:03 GMT
The Ukrainian jet pilots hunting cruise missiles
Russia has launched hundreds of missiles and drone attacks on Ukraine in the past few weeks.



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