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Merkel says she lacked power to influence Putin over Ukraine
Trending25 November 2022

Merkel says she lacked power to influence Putin over Ukraine

​​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 ...

Trump and McConnell in blame game over midterms failure
Trending14 November 2022

Trump and McConnell in blame game over midterms failure

​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 Zelensky visits liberated Kherson
Trending14 November 2022

President Zelensky visits liberated Kherson

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...

US estimates 200,000 military deaths in Ukraine war
Trending10 November 2022

US estimates 200,000 military deaths in Ukraine war

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...

COP27: What is the climate impact of private jets?
Technology9 November 2022

COP27: What is the climate impact of private jets?

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...

Total lunar eclipse bathes moon in red glow
Technology9 November 2022

Total lunar eclipse bathes moon in red glow

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...

Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong
Technology13 October 2022

Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong

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...

Apple boom: Why community orchards are on the rise
Technology11 October 2022

Apple boom: Why community orchards are on the rise

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...

Fishing nets being recycled to help save the sea
Technology10 October 2022

Fishing nets being recycled to help save the sea

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...

Wildlife abandons 'Europe's Amazon' nature reserve
Technology9 October 2022

Wildlife abandons 'Europe's Amazon' nature reserve

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 ...

Wildlife deserts nature reserve known as Europe's Amazon
Technology9 October 2022

Wildlife deserts nature reserve known as Europe's Amazon

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 ...

UK wardrobes stuffed with unworn clothes, study shows
Technology7 October 2022

UK wardrobes stuffed with unworn clothes, study shows

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...