
EU foreign ministers to hear widow of dead Russian dissident
Alexei Navalny's widow is expected to call for President Putin to be held to account for her husband's death in a Siberian penal camp.
The Europe Union's top diplomat tells us that Europe must support opposition to President Vladimir Putin in Russia after the death in prison of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, hours before his widow meets European foreign ministers on Monday, as hundreds of Russians who left tributes to him are arrested.
Our correspondent in Ukraine hears from some war-weary residents as Russian forces seize control of the key eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka.
And we'll get an update from Israel as the country gives a deadline to Hamas to hand over all hostages or face an assault on a city crowded with people in southern Gaza.
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- Mon 19 Feb 202407:06GMTBBC World Service