The election in Russia has been widely condemned as a sham

Vladimir Putin is set to become Russia's longest serving leader since the days of the Russian empire, as preliminary election results give him a fifth term as president; the US has described the election as "obviously not free nor fair”.

The Israeli military says it's taken control of al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza following a night time operation - we'll turn to our correspondent for the latest.

We have a report into the abuse of domestic workers in Oman - women from Malawi have been telling the BBC about their ill treatment by employers - we speak to someone who helped one of the women.