Russian forces have moved about three miles closer to Kyiv in the past 24 hours, according to a senior US defence official, as offensives in western Ukraine suggested a new direction of the war.

The United Nations Security Council will meet later today to talk about Russia's claims that the US and Ukraine are developing biological weapons.

Boris Johnson says it has been "deeply upsetting" and "absolutely agonising" to refuse President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

Facebook and Instagram posts calling for Vladimir Putin's death - and violence against Russian soldiers - are going to be temporarily allowed in some countries, according to Reuters.

Targeting civilians in warzones is banned under international law.

They are not military medics. Just ordinary doctors and nurses who, two weeks ago, were dealing with births, broken bones and the natural medical challenges you'd find in any community.

Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he had staged on himself.

Five Stormont ministers are preparing to issue a long-awaited public apology to survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland.

Global coronavirus deaths could be three times higher than what official figures suggest, according to new research.

Ukraine has told the United Nations nuclear watchdog that all contact with the power plant at Chernobyl has been lost.