As Ukraine retakes territory, villagers tell the BBC about their precarious life under Russian rule.

Ukraine's president says the attacks were on a "very wide" scale, but power was restored in many areas.

The Sukhoi Su-30 military plane was on a test flight when it came down in Irkutsk, authorities say.

Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, a major global business figure as a result of his energy drinks empire, dies aged 78.

In April 1945, the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby was the first reporter to enter the liberated Belsen concentration camp. 

About 80,000 people march in Germany's capital, in the biggest rally held so far by the Iranian diaspora.

Italy's president asks Giorgia Meloni to form the next government, to be sworn in on Saturday.

Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu for the second time since the war began.

Russia has mobilised many thousands of men to fight in Ukraine. But Mikhail Ashichev refuses to go.

Ukraine's leader warns of a "large-scale disaster" if Russia targets the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant.

Tehran has experts on the ground in Crimea helping with drone attacks on Ukraine, the White House says.

Vladimir Putin is tightening security across Russia, with the introduction of different security levels.

Politically active since she was a teenager, she has come to power partly by fortune.

Giorgia Meloni's promises to crack down on immigration concerns the African community living in Sicily.

The conflict has driven them closer together in a way which could impact the world beyond Ukraine.

With high energy prices and disrupted gas supplies, European nations consider more nuclear power plants.

Mutations that saved lives from the plague are causing auto-immune diseases today.

With only nine months until the 2023 Women's World Cup, BBC Sport looks at the row which has left the Spain team in disarray.

Russia is using Iranian-made drones to fly explosives directly into targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities

Dr Oksana Leontieva was going to work after leaving her son at nursery when she was killed in Kyiv.

The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine appears to admit difficulties in occupied regions.

The family of Leonid Yevseyev, a Ukrainian prisoner of war, still hope for his safe return.

This young man calls the Ukraine invasion a 'war against our own people'.

At least one person is killed as heavy rains hit the Greek island.