Russia-Ukraine war By Mark Urban Diplomatic and defence editor, Newsnight Kostroma is not a bad place to go looking for the effects of the Ukraine war on Russia. For this city is home to a celebrated regiment that bears its name and has been in the forefront of all the main battles in the […]
By Paul Kirby in London & Jonathan Beale in Brussels BBC News Finland has become the 31st member of the Nato security alliance, doubling the length of member states’ borders with Russia. The Finnish foreign minister handed the accession document to the US secretary of state who declared Finland a member. Then in bright sunshine […]
Climate change By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Vilanova de Sau, Spain In the Sau reservoir, teams in small boats are hard at work hauling out fish with nets. The idea is to remove them before they die and rot in the water, making it unusable for human consumption. The water level has dropped so […]
Russia-Ukraine war An explosion in a St Petersburg cafe has killed prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, Russia’s Interior Ministry has confirmed. At least 19 people were injured in the bomb blast at Street Food Bar No 1. Videos posted on social media show an explosion and injured people on the street. It is not […]
By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News in London Pope Francis has led Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, kicking off the year’s Easter services, just a day after leaving hospital. He oversaw the Palm Sunday ceremony in front of more than 30,000 faithful, followed by the Angelus prayer. He was admitted to Rome’s […]
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva & Robert Plummer in London BBC News Four bankers who allowed a friend of Vladimir Putin to deposit huge sums in Swiss banks have been found guilty of lacking due diligence. The former executives at the Zurich branch of Russia’s Gazprombank were given hefty fines for helping […]
By Paul Kirby BBC News A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been formally arrested in Russia and accused of spying. Evan Gershkovich, an experienced Russia reporter, was working in Yekaterinburg at the time of his detention. The Wall Street Journal said it was “deeply concerned” for his safety and […]
By Paul Kirby BBC News Italy’s right-wing government has backed a bill that would ban laboratory-produced meat and other synthetic foods, highlighting Italian food heritage and health protection. If the proposals go through, breaking the ban would attract fines of up to €60,000 (£53,000). Francesco Lollobrigida, who runs the rebranded ministry for agriculture and […]
By Ben Tobias BBC News Russia-Ukraine war The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, all but destroyed by weeks of shelling and now under Russian control, is at risk of a major cholera outbreak, the UK defence ministry says. Much of the city’s infrastructure is damaged or destroyed and water has mixed with sewage, according […]
A chain of failures marred the Champions League final in Paris last month, a French government report says. They included lack of preparation for travelling fans, huge numbers of people without tickets or fake ones, and security failures at the stadium. The report does not apportion blame, but recommends improvements which the government says will […]
