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with a strike by nurses. the family of yousef makki when the fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. # it would be so nice. # and tickets have gone on sale for madonnas good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks, at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany...

stefanos tsitsipas is through to the semi—finals of the australian open for the fourth time. the third seed maintained his unbeaten record in grand slam quarterfinals claiming a 6—3 7—6 6—4 victory over 21—year—oldjiri lehecka. the czech had defeated britains cameron norrie to make the last eight but was broken in his first service game and failed to take a set from tsitsipas. hes now made the last eight in a major, six times on the bounce. tsitsipas will play russian karen...

blood in the 70s and 80s had suffered "incredibly bad luck". a mans been arrested on suspicion of murdering 36—year—old zara aleena — attacked while walking in east london on sunday. mps will vote later on plans to give the government powers to scrap post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland. the eu says its a breach of international law. at wimbledon, british number one emma raducanu is through to the second round — with a victory in straight sets in her debut on c...

Our news correspondent helena humphrey. Helena, after a long wait, an aid bill for ukraine has now passed its biggest a vote in the house. Thats right, carl. Very much long awaited. Just to paint a picture, it was back in september that ukrainian president zelensky went to the white house to speak to President Biden about the need for this day will do particularly with regards to things such as air defence, missiles and so on. It took this long to actually come to the floor. That was because the...

Ensuring that when he is in russia he will be speaking in a very hard headed he will be speaking in a very ha rd headed way with he will be speaking in a very hard headed way with the russians about the concerns that we have about the concerns that we have about the concerns that we have about the activity, but also about the engagement that we want with them. So, what can we ecpect to come out of it . We will have analysis and reaction. The british passport is going to change back to its origin...

Joe biden promises to lead america out of what he calls its season of darkness as he formally accepts the Democratic Party president ial nomination. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The mystery over the condition of leading russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has deepened. The fierce and outspoken critic of president putin collapsed while on a flight to moscow and is now i...

In a significant escalation of hostilities, Ukraine has reportedly employed US-made long-range missiles to strike and destroy a key vessel of the Russian navy off the coast of occupied Crimea, according to Ukrainian and independent news sources. The use of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles by Ukrainian forces against the Russian warship Cyclone, as…

The US probably didn't purchase 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, as the country would be too scared of alienating Russia, experts said.

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin floated an idea this week that the Kremlin might need to create a “buffer” zone to protect Russia’s borders from a recent spate of Ukrainian counterattacks and cross-border rampages by armed groups of anti-Kremlin fighters.“We will be forced at some point, when we consider it necessary, to create a certain ‘sanitary zone’ on the territories controlled b...

Open-source researchers have analysed satellite imagery and concluded that Russia has removed 25 to 40 per cent of its strategic tank reserves, depending on the model, from open-air storage facilities.