Simon Furness

Ukraine says more than 6,000 such cases have already been opened – but Moscow denies the allegations.
BBC News – Europe

The government’s plan, set to be announced on Thursday, is criticised as “cruel” by a refugee charity.
BBC News – UK

“We got him,” says New York mayor following massive manhunt in wake of the Brooklyn subway shooting.
BBC News – US & Canada

KwaZulu-Natal authorities say the storm is one of the worst in South Africa’s history.
BBC News – Africa

Despite Great Britain moving to decimal currency on the 15th February 1971, pre-decimal stamps (from George V Onwards) remained postally valid. This validity ended on the 29th of February 1972 and in the interim […]

The spending power of an average public sector salary has seen its biggest drop on record.
BBC News – Business

While the world focuses on Ukraine, the UN warns humanitarian needs elsewhere are also growing.
BBC News – Middle East

A lawsuit says US firearms manufacturers are responsible for the “flood” of illegal guns into Mexico.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The BBC has uncovered first-hand evidence of Russian soldiers raping and killing civilians in a village west of Kyiv.
BBC News – Europe

The PM faces a fine for attending his birthday party during the first national Covid lockdown.
BBC News – UK

Consumer prices reached a fresh 40-year high in March after the US stopped Russia energy imports.
BBC News – US & Canada

People stand on rooftops awaiting rescue after flooding along Durban’s coast kills at least 45.
BBC News – Africa

World Series 2021 Atlanta Braves 4-2 Houston Astros

The Atlanta Braves won their first world series since 1995 thanks to a resounding 7-0 win in game six. The game was pretty much over when Jorge Soler’s […]

A sharp fall in car and computer production weighed on the UK’s economic expansion.
BBC News – Business

The holy site in the West Bank was vandalised in what Israel’s PM called a “frenzy of destruction”.
BBC News – Middle East

Fewer than 20% of voters cast their ballots in the referendum, which the president himself called.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Leaked documents show how sanctioned oligarch Suleiman Kerimov used shell companies to move $ 700m.
BBC News – Europe

The Southend West MP was stabbed more than 20 times during a constituency surgery in October 2021.
BBC News – UK

Tesla’s chief executive was due to join the social media platform’s board after buying a 9.2% stake.
BBC News – US & Canada

In what experts call Somalia’s worst drought in a decade, children are facing severe malnutrition.
BBC News – Africa