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Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:01:59 GMT

Steve Rosenberg reports on the economic consequences of Russia's war, and how people are coping. war in Ukraine

Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:00:47 GMT

Ukraine's president sat down with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv days before the four-year anniversary of the war. Putin

Cartel henchmen unleash violence after top drug lord killed in Mexico

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:27:45 GMT

The death of the most-wanted Jalisco cartel chief sparks retaliatory violence in at least a dozen states in Mexico.

Armed man killed after entering secure perimeter of Trump's residence, Secret Service says

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:32:01 GMT

The suspect was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was killed, officers say, while Trump was in Washington DC at the time. Secret

Briton among 19 killed in Nepal bus crash

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:14:48 GMT

Nepalese police say the British national was a 24-year-old man.

Rob Jetten becomes Netherlands' youngest ever PM

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:11:51 GMT

The 38-year-old is sworn in as premier after clinching a narrow victory in October's election. Netherlands

Robert Mugabe's son charged with attempted murder in South Africa

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:21:05 GMT

Bellarmine Mugabe and one other man have not commented on the charges after a 23-year-old was shot. murder

Kim Jong Un re-appointed leader of North Korea's ruling party

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:15:47 GMT

The announcement by the rubber-stamp party congress comes as little surprise given the Kim family's grip since the 1940s. North Korea

Australian prosecutors consider reopening British girl's cold case disappearance

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:07:47 GMT

Cheryl Grimmer's family have been petitioning police to consider the new evidence they say they've found. prosecutors

Trump curious why Iran has not 'capitulated', US envoy Witkoff says

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:18:41 GMT

Steve Witkoff says the president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised in the face of a major US military build-up nearby.

Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:49:01 GMT

The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978.

Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:33:11 GMT

Pakistan says the strikes were retaliation for recent suicide bombings in the country.

Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:27:16 GMT

Greenland's PM reminded Trump of its free healthcare, after Trump said he was sending a boat to aid people who were allegedly "not being taken care of". hospital

US ambassador's Israel comments condemned by Arab and Muslim nations

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:23:20 GMT

Mike Huckabee suggested Israel would be justified in taking much of the Middle East on Biblical grounds. Arab Muslim

Explosions kill police officer and injure 25 in western Ukraine

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:19:02 GMT

Twenty-five people were injured by explosions overnight in what officials are calling a terror attack. police officer

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