Putin: 'Russia again threatened by German tanks'

President Vladimir Putin has used the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad to claim that Russia is "again" being threatened by German tanks. We speak to our colleague from BBC Monitoring.

The British company Shell has become the latest oil and gas giant to post record profits. We hear from people who are struggling to pay their energy bills.

The military government in Myanmar has extended the state of emergency imposed after it seized power in a coup two years ago by a further six months. The coup and the harsh repression which followed it have led to widespread armed resistance to miliary rule in Myanmar. Our South-East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head has been covering Myanmar for 22 years and speaks to us from Messot - a town on the border of Thailand and Myanmar.

Our reporter in the US explains how misinformation has been circulating online about Tyre Nichol’s death.

(Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers on the tomb of Soviet Marshal Vasily Chuikov at the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex, as part of commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad in the World War Two, in Volgograd, Russia February 2, 2023. Credit: Sputnik/Konstantin Zavrazhin/Pool via REUTERS)