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Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders' orders

Four men expose the horror and brutality of conditions in the Ukraine war, with two saying they saw soldiers being shot for refusing orders.

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Europe

News imageDima

'Anyone who runs is shot': Watch Russian soldiers describe killings of troops who refuse orders

The men, who are on the run, told of the horrors they witnessed on the Russian side of the front lines in Ukraine.

3 hrs ago
Europe
News image A Ukrainian serviceman practices with an assault rifle, on the right is a different image showing Jeremy Bowen in a blue press vest

Bowen: Why Ukraine remains defiant and does not feel close to defeat

This month marks four gruelling years since the full‑scale invasion began and a genuine ceasefire still feels far from assured

5 hrs ago
BBC InDepth

Trump's new tariff comes into effect at lower than expected rate

The global levy comes in at 10%, lower than the rate the president had threatened at the weekend.

22 mins ago
Business

More than 5,000 flights cancelled as US east coast digs out of record snow

A major snowstorm dumps more than a foot of snow in several areas, bringing power cuts and disruption.

3 hrs ago
US & Canada

Trump to address a changed America at vital moment for his presidency

Few of Donald Trump’s speeches to Congress have had as much riding on them as the one on Tuesday night.

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US & Canada

Police ask how Sydney grandpa was kidnapped and killed by mistake as remains found

The 85-year-old was forcibly taken from his Sydney home by three masked men just under two weeks ago.

4 hrs ago
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News imageIlya Kazansky, CEO of Sphotonix wearing a white lab coat and blue latex gloves holds up a small square glass plate with grid markings on it to see through it (Credit: SPhotonix)

How 'memory crystals' could slash data emissions

In the face of rising emissions from data centres, researchers are turning to micro-explosions in glass and DNA to solve big data's big problem.

News imageL. S Lowry's painting 'Going to the Match' (1953). It's a painting of a large square with hundreds of people pouring into a Bunden Park stadium, with the skyline of Bolton in the background (Credit: The Estate of L.S. Lowry)

'An enormous inner desolation': The darkness behind LS Lowry's city scenes

In 1957, the painter showed the BBC how he built up his pictures of industrial urban life from his imagination, and described the loneliness that informed them.


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News imageFrench President Emmanuel Macron (L) wearing a black blazer and tie over a white shirt, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a white bandhgala jacket, sharing a warm moment as they greet each other upon the former's arrival in India's Mumbai city for a bilateral meeting on 17 February. Behind them there's another person wearing a black suit and sunglasses.

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News imageIndian film producer Farhan Akhtar (left), wearing a tuxedo over a white shirt, and filmmaker Lakshimipriya Devi, wearing a saree, pose with Britain's beloved Paddington Bear, wearing its signature blue duffle coat along with a red hat.

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Violence has erupted across several states in Mexico after cartel leader El Mencho was killed on Sunday.

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Robert Carradine, Lizzie McGuire and Revenge of the Nerds star, dies aged 71

His family says the actor took his own life after living with bipolar disorder for nearly two decades.

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Probe under way after illness kills 72 tigers in Thai tourist park

Authorities say samples showed the canine distemper virus, but have not confirmed where it came from.

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The BBC visits Uzbekistan's remote mountains as the first international film crew searching for snow leopards.

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Health and Wellness

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World's Table

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Inside Atlanta's soul food revolution

From fried chicken to hoisin-glazed oxtail, the city's most famous comfort food is changing. But its flavours still tell the story of migration and survival in every bite.
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The US president's address to Congress will feature high-profile guests, policy promises and reflections on his first year back in office.

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Fifteen killed after helicopter crashes during Peru flood rescue

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Science

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Culture

News imageRussell Brand arriving at Southwark Crown Court wearing a light grey fedora hat, dark glasses, a leopard print shirt unbuttoned halfway down his chest, a cross on a necklace, and a dark jacket

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The broadcaster and actor appears in court to deny two further charges, relating to two women.

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Arts

News imageBeryl Cook's painting The Lockyer Tavern showing a busy pub, with a woman in the foreground (Credit: Courtesy of www.ourberylcook.com/ John Cook 2025)

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Beryl Cook's paintings were loved by the public but derided by the art establishment. One century after her birth, a new exhibition argues for a reassessment of her work.

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