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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...
Press EyeBy Fiona NimoniBBC NewsButterfly sightings are "worryingly low" and continuing to decline, UK conservationists have warned. This year's Big Butterfly Count saw the lowest number of sightings recorded in the 13 years since the project began. ...
Getty ImagesA company that has received billions of pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down environmentally-important forests, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.Drax runs Britain's biggest power station, which burns mi...
Enerhoatom Russian troops have detained the director of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukraine's state nuclear regulator Enerhoatom says. It says Ihor Murashov was held as his car was on its way from the facility to the nearby town of En...
Getty ImagesRussia must face "just punishment" over its invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the UN General Assembly in New York. In a pre-recorded video, the Ukrainian leader called for the creation of a special war tribunal an...
Blasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have "significantly degraded" its navy's Black Sea fleet, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says. The Saky base in the west of Russian-ruled Crimea was rocked by a string of blasts on Tuesday, ...
