43 minutes ago About sharing Alexei Navalny, seen here in Moscow in 2020, had long been an outspoken critic of President Putin’s regime By James Gregory BBC News Alexei Navalny’s mother has been unable to recover his body after his death in an Arctic jail, a close aide to the dead Russian opposition leader says….
2 hours ago About sharing By Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor, Moscow Blink, and you might have missed it. In its 45-minute Friday night news bulletin, Russian TV devoted 28 seconds to the news about Alexei Navalny. His death was announced almost in passing. Just 28 seconds for the man who’d become Russia’s most prominent opposition…
The presenter thanks his listeners and says he will miss his “partner in crime”, Vick Hope.
1 hour ago About sharing Donald Trump built a real estate empire in Manhattan in the 1980s By Nada Tawfik BBC News, New York Donald Trump’s latest legal loss hits him where it hurts most because it takes aim at his very identity. For decades, he has marketed himself as a genius business mogul who…
12 minutes ago About sharing By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg It’s probably raining. It’s cold. The sofa is comfy. It’s been a long day and the polling station feels like miles away. Behind the huge headlines of Labour’s victories and the Conservatives’ by-election thumpings, it’s worth paying attention to voters’ instinct –…
1 hour ago About sharing There are fears that the lack of ammunition is affecting performance as well as morale in Ukrainian ranks By Paulin Kola BBC News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an urgent appeal for more weapons to avoid a “catastrophic” situation in Europe. An “artificial deficit of weapons” will only help…
10 hours ago About sharing Smoke from a zombie fire pictured here in Fort Nelson, BC By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Even in the dead of Canada’s winter, the embers of last year’s record-setting wildfire season remain. So-called zombie fires are burning under thick layers of snow at an unprecedented rate, raising fears about…
3 hours ago About sharing Navalny’s image has been omitted from state TV reports on his death By Damien Sharkov & Jennifer Monaghan BBC Russian state media tend not to give much or any airtime to critics of the government, and their initial treatment of Alexei Navalny’s reported death continues in this vein. On state…
13 minutes ago About sharing Avdiivka’s fall is more than symbolic By James Waterhouse Ukraine correspondent in Kyiv “In order to preserve life and encirclement, I have withdrawn our units from Avdiivka.” When he was appointed this month, Ukraine’s new head of the armed forces said he would “rather retreat than sacrifice lives”, and that…
3 hours ago About sharing Mahnoor said her mother Tayyaba Cheema was her role model and inspiration By Nathan Standley BBC News Most students dedicate two years to studying for three A-levels – so how is it even possible to do 28? That’s how many Mahnoor Cheema, who made headlines this week, says she is…