Chechens and Buryat soldiers are generally "crueller" than other Russians in Ukraine, the pontiff says.

Chornobaivka has earned its status as one of the most important battlefields of the war.

Three people are being treated for dehydration after the 11-day voyage from Lagos in Nigeria.

Over 40 arrests were made across six countries, dismantling a massive criminal network, police say.

The Irish Data Protection Commission says its inquiry has found Meta breached GDPR rules.

Putin has met with the mothers of Russian soldiers but critics say those invited were carefully chosen.

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes scores twice as Portugal beat Uruguay to reach the World Cup last 16.

The prosecutor-general tells the BBC Russian attacks are aimed at "the full Ukrainian nation".

With no power or running water, the few remaining residents of Avdiivka have been urged to leave.

Olena Zelenska tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet cold and blackouts are not the worst things Ukraine has faced.

Ukraine says 50% of the country's electricity needs are not being met, and water supplies are affected.

Isolation from sport is one of the many consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine, says Steve Rosenberg.

Engineers are starting to rebuild infrastructure destroyed during Russia's occupation of Kherson.

A French team has decoded a letter from Charles V, revealing rumours of an assassination plot.

Heartbreaking accounts emerge of the last moments of victims of a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia.

A year after the deadliest migrant crossing in the Channel, families demand answers over what happened.

The coin bearing the name of Sponsian was considered apocryphal and had been locked away in a museum cupboard.

There have been fears of renewed hostilities between ethnic Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo

A video of an Italian politician claiming that France exploits African countries has been widely shared. Is she right?

After the recent bombing in Istanbul, Turkish retaliatory air strikes on Kurdish targets have left a population on edge.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has crystallised the need for clean, renewable energy in Germany.

The BBC's Mark Lowen surveys the damage to homes and cars after a mudslide on the Italian island.

Those missing are believed to be trapped under the mud.

Russia's UK ambassador is asked whether he accepts his country has committed war crimes in Ukraine.

The unusually bright meteor - called a bolide - belongs to an annual shower called the northern Taurids.

The British prime minister has reiterated the UK's support for Ukraine on a visit to the country.