Fears Ukraine will run out of missile defences
15 people were killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv today, and the Ukrainian government has made an urgent request for more interceptor missil...
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20 of 237 episodesMayor of Kyiv says Ukraine needs more help
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC that Ukraine needs more help from its partners to protect civilians, after another int...
Israel opens criminal investigation into Hind Rajab killing
In a rare move the Israeli military has opened a criminal investigation into how its soldiers opened fire on a car carrying a five-year-old...
Ukraine's former defence minister calls for election
Ukraine's former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov has called for elections - which are barred in wartime under Ukrainian law. A representa...
Opening of Meta trial on social media addiction claims
A landmark trial has begun in California with the tech giant Meta accused of deliberately making Facebook and Instagram addictive to childre...
Intense overnight attacks in both Russia and Ukraine
Nine people have been killed and 23 injured, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on Russia, local officials have said. Russian attacks o...
No breakthrough on stalled Gaza deal
Lengthy talks between President Trump's envoy, Jared Kushner, and the Israeli Prime Minister have failed to achieve a breakthrough on the Ga...
Kushner meets Netanyahu after Hamas talks on peace plan
President Trump's Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, has met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he seeks Israeli backing for the US-backed...
Brazil's campaign for president begins
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has promised Brazilians he will not stop fighting to secure them a better future as he launched his camp...
Rescue efforts continue in Indonesia
About 5000 people have been displaced on Indonesia's Flores island, after an earthquake hit the region, followed by hundreds of aftershocks....
Was the US right to leave Afghanistan?
The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have been celebrating the fifth anniversary of their return to power in Kabul. But they continue to f...
Taliban celebrates five years since they took control of Afghanistan
The Taliban is celebrating 5 years since they seized-back control of Afghanistan - with parades and events that women are banned from joinin...
Afghanistan: Five years after the Taliban takeover
The BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, returns to Afghanistan to report on the state of the country after five years of T...
Life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule
This week marks five years since the Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, seizing back power. In those five years, girls’ and wo...
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US ambassador to Israel denounces settler siege on Palestinians
The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has said that Washington has been very involved in efforts to end the siege in the occupied West B...
Solar eclipse visible across large parts of Europe
Millions of people on the western fringes of Europe have witnessed their first total solar eclipse of this century. Also in the programme: I...
IDF clashes with settlers surrounding Palestinian homes
The security forces moved in to try to force the settlers away from the homes in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus. But reports from the...
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
A court in Syria has sentenced the ousted president, Bashar al-Assad, to death for crimes against humanity committed during the country's ci...
Search for survivors after Colombia earthquake
Rescuers worked through the night looking for survivors trapped under dozens of collapsed buildings. The cities of Cali and Pereira were amo...