The BBC’s analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at what we know about the Ukraine dam collapse at Nova Kakhovka and the flooding it has caused. Thousands of people are being evacuated downstream and President Zelensky has said 80 towns and villages are
The head of the private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has launched several scathing attacks on Russia’s most senior defence officials, complaining frequently of a lack of ammunition during the battle for Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
Belgorod’s top official, Vyacheslav Gladkov, replied to say he had agreed to meet the men’s captors if the soldiers were still alive. But the fighters later said that the governor “had not found the courage” to meet them and they would hand
Players waited on the pitch for news after the referee initially suspended the match A top-flight match in Argentina was abandoned after a fan fell to their death from a grandstand at the stadium. Primera Division leaders River Plate were playing against
Others disagree. During the trial of the 18 students, a defence lawyer responded to Mr Dia’s father’s questioning of why his son did not survive the hazing, stating in quotes cited by Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad: “It has nothing to do with
On the first of two days of talks in Cape Town, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the gathering must “send out a strong message that the world is multipolar, that it is rebalancing and that old ways cannot address
One of his victims, who was raped in 2003, said in a statement quoted by the Associated Press: “I am experiencing a complex array of emotions – relief, exhaustion, strength, sadness – knowing that my abuser, Danny Masterson, will face accountability for
The Pentagon has released unclassified video of what it is calling an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” by a Chinese military jet. According to the US military, the clip shows the Chinese pilot crossing within 121 metres (400ft) of the nose on a US
“Almost every night, the skies look and sound like another Star Wars episode, but we don’t feel much of Russian rockets hitting their targets here within the city area. And this is all thanks to the decent countries, decent people of the
As the run-off result was announced, the streets of the capital Ankara were a kaleidoscope of Turkish flags, blaring car horns, and cheering Erdogan supporters. Huge numbers flocked to his custom-built presidential palace with its 1,000 plus rooms. His rival had promised