March 18, 2022
Putin’s precise demand for the end of this crisis
Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine - and this seems to be paying off. On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told him what Russia's…
March 15, 2022
Police are hunting a masked gunman targeting homeless people while they sleep
A masked gunman has struck five times in nine days - shooting homeless people as they slept on the streets of New York and Washington DC. Police say the "modus operandi" is the same in each case and the mayors of the two cities fear a "cold-blooded…
March 13, 2022
Kyiv terrain will slow Russian troops, say Ukraine generals
At a briefing in their war room on Monday, the two Ukrainian generals responsible for the defence of Kyiv told the BBC how their forces were fighting hard to keep Russian artillery out of range, and explained why they believe the city has strengths…
March 11, 2022
Inflation reaches 40-year high; Russian invasion will drive it higher, Psaki says
Americans are already bracing for higher prices at the pump, grocery stores, housing and more. Inflation jumped an unprecedented 7.9 percent over the past year, the largest spike since 1982. Those surging prices are expected to only go up amid the…
March 8, 2022
More than six million now dead worldwide from COVID-19
At least six million people have died worldwide from COVID-19, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, which reports the total number of global fatalities at 6,000,936 as of Monday morning. The first case of COVID-19 was…
March 8, 2022
Russian forces now control Europe’s largest nuclear plant
Management of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Ukraine, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, is now operating under orders from the commander of the Russian forces that took control of the site last week, the International…
March 6, 2022
Fresh Russian attacks throw evacuation into chaos
Russian forces continued to shell the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday, despite agreeing to a ceasefire just hours earlier - throwing an attempted mass evacuation of civilians into chaos. "I'm right now in Mariupol, I'm on the street, I can…
March 5, 2022
Ukraine can absolutely win against Russia says Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC that he is convinced Ukraine can win its war with Russia. He could not say how long the conflict would last, but insisted that Ukraine's defeat was not inevitable. Mr Blinken praised the…
March 3, 2022
Who does Vladimir Putin trust
Vladimir Putin cuts a solitary figure, leading Russia's military into a high-risk war that threatens to tear apart his country's economy.He has rarely looked more isolated than in two recent, choreographed appearances with his inner circle, where he…
March 1, 2022
International Crime Court to investigate possible war crimes in Ukraine
Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials. On Monday, International Criminal…