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Ukraine’s president also calls on Western leaders to give him more planes if they won’t impose a no-fly zone. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to sit down for direct talks and end…
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Russia has taken control of a nuclear power station in Ukraine after it was hit by shelling. A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – the largest in Europe – and Ukraine said it was shelled by Russian troops. Authorities…
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US President Joe Biden has told Congress that Vladimir Putin badly misjudged how the West would hit back once he invaded Ukraine. In a primetime speech, Mr Biden vowed “an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over…
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Nine African migrants drowned off Tunisia’s coast on Monday after their boat sank. Tunisia’s defence ministry said nine others were rescued by the navy and the coast guards. The migrants are believed to have been on their way to…
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Just a few weeks ago, Anthony Walker was a university student and comedian - well known among his over 100,000 social media followers for relentlessly trolling Donald Trump's supporters and, more recently, protesting truckers at home.…
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A seven-year-long fight by a woman in India's north-eastern state of Assam to regain her citizenship has left her with debt and fear. BBC Hindi's Dilip Kumar Sharma reports. Sefali Rani Das, 42, was used to feeling scared when she saw…
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Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are pouring towards neighbouring countries to flee the Russian invasion. In the three days since the invasion began, more than 115,000 have crossed into Poland alone - some travelling for more than two…
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British airlines have been banned from landing at Russia's airports and from crossing its airspace, the Russian civil aviation regulator has said. Russia said the move was a response to "the unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation…
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I woke at 03:00 and checked the news, and realised my son and I had to leave Kyiv. Tanks were bearing down on the city from the north, and from other directions. It was clear that the Russian military was attempting to encircle the city…
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Shock, horror and bewilderment - three words that could describe the mood of many in the capital Moscow and the southern city of Rostov on Thursday. But there is division over whether President Putin's actions are to be condemned or…
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