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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

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'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.

32 mins 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

2 hrs ago
BBC InDepth

Trump's new global tariff comes into effect at 10%

The president threatened to raise the tariff to 15% but has not yet issued an official directive to increase the rate.

7 mins ago
Business

'Burned and destroyed': Locals and tourists describe Mexico unrest

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

5 hrs ago
Latin America

Australian police find human remains in search for grandfather kidnapped by mistake

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

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

A major snowstorm walloped the US north-east, causing disruptions for millions and thousands of flight cancellations.

4 hrs ago
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'A conman stole my money and bought his wife a 10-carat diamond ring'

US victims have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to a gang of UK and Irish nationals, known as The Travelling Conmen.

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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BBC Washington correspondent Daniel Bush on who may skip the speech, why the president is fuming at the Supreme Court, and what policies could, or couldn’t, be in for a shake‑up.

US & Canada
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Inside Atlanta's soul food revolution

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Trump threatens countries that 'play games' with existing trade deals

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