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​​Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her policy towards Russia prior to the February invasion of Ukraine, saying she had run out of power to influence Vladimir Putin. She said she had tried to convene European talks with the Russian ...

​Manchester United co-owner Avram Glazer has spoken for the first time since announcing the club his family owns could be up for sale. Tracked down near his home in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday he was asked by lo​​cal media why now was the ...

The head of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has said after the collapse of rival FTX that no one can be protected from a “bad player” and announced plans for an industry ‘‘recovery fund” for struggling crypto firms. Changpeng Zhao (pictur...

​News that Democrats have held the US Senate after midterm elections has sparked recriminations within the Republican Party. Critics of former President Donald Trump blamed him for the poor showing while other Republicans faulted their Senate leader,...

President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the city of Kherson days after it was liberated by Ukrainian troops. He spoke to soldiers gathered in the city, saying Ukraine is "moving forward" and is ready for peace. The loss of Kherson, taken in the earl...

The most senior US general believes around 200,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine since hostilities began in February. ​General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, also suggested th...

Getty ImagesBy Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment reporter, BBC World ServiceIn its updated climate action plan submitted recently to the United Nations, India has mentioned adopting an environment-friendly lifestyle as a key way to combat climate change....

ReutersBy Reality Check teamBBC NewsThere has been criticism on social media of delegates arriving at the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.The day before the conference began, hundreds of environmental activis...

Getty ImagesBy Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, BBC NewsThe war in Ukraine is a reason to act faster to tackle climate change, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told the UN climate summit COP27."Climate and energy security go hand-in-han...

Getty ImagesThe Moon was bathed in red on Tuesday during a total lunar eclipse visible from North America to the Pacific but not in Europe.The eclipse's totality, where the Moon is entirely in Earth's shadow - lasted between 10:17 and 11:42 GMT. It w...

Three UK conservation groups say all options are on the table as they challenge what they describe as a government U-turn on protecting nature. The National Trust, RSPB and Wildlife Trusts said they could urge millions of members to take to the stree...

Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong. They say their "mini-brain" can sense and respond to its environment. Writing in the journal Neuron, Dr Brett Kagan, of the company Cortical...

The Russian-installed leader of Ukraine's southern Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, has called on civilians to evacuate, citing daily rocket attacks by advancing Ukrainian forces. He urged them to "save themselves" by going to Russia for "leisure and ...

Christoph Vorburger By Rowenna Hoskin Climate and science reporter, BBC News Switzerland has reversed the decline of more than half of endangered frogs, toads, and newts in one region, research finds. After conservationists dug hundreds of new ponds ...

By Helen Briggs Environment correspondent Traditional orchards are vanishing from the landscape, with an area the size of the Isle of Wight lost in a century. But community orchards are booming, thanks in part to renewed interest in living off the la...

At least 13 people have been killed by Russian missile strikes on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian officials say. Dozens more were wounded, and several residential buildings destroyed. The city is under Ukrainian control, but it is p...

For years the question of what to do with old fishing nets was a real headache. Fishermen sometimes dumped them at sea, or they were brought to shore and discarded in landfill. Now thanks to a scheme organised by Keep Britain Tidy, old fishing nets a...

BBC/Frank GardnerBy Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent, northern UkraineThe human and material cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is well documented. But rare species of animals and flowers that had flourished in the country's north have also ...

BBC/Frank GardnerBy Frank GardnerBBC security correspondentThe human and material cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is well documented. But rare species of animals and flowers that had flourished in the country's north have also been badly hit by ...

PA MediaAll poultry in Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex must be kept indoors from Wednesday, as part of a ramping-up of measures to prevent avian flu spreading, the government has said.The affected areas were placed in an Avian Influenza Preventio...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian officials have begun to "prepare their society" for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but added he does not believe Russia is ready to use them. In an interview with the BBC, President Zelensky d...

Thomas BarwickA quarter of the clothes in our wardrobes haven't been worn in a year, even though we're getting better at keeping them for longer, a study finds.A survey by environmental group WRAP estimates that the UK's wardrobes hold 1.6 billion un...

Getty Images By Rowenna Hoskin and Matt McGrath BBC News Climate and Science The world has finally agreed on a long-term plan to curb carbon emissions from flying. At a meeting in Montreal, the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO), pledged t...

Getty ImagesBy Jonah FisherBBC Environment CorrespondentThe UK has opened a new licensing round for companies to explore for oil and gas in the North Sea. Nearly 900 locations are being offered for exploration, with as many as 100 licences set to be ...