Simon Furness

Explosions are heard near major Ukrainian cities after Russia launched its pre-dawn attack.
BBC News – Europe

Boris Johnson says Russia has chosen a “path of bloodshed and destruction” and the UK will respond “decisively”.
BBC News – UK

Many black people in the US are embracing their natural curls. But now there’s a backlash.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Kenyan proposal hopes to cut the airplay time for foreign music to allow local artists to thrive.
BBC News – Africa

President Putin has made changes to protect the Russian economy since it first was hit by sanctions in 2014.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia – one of the world’s biggest oil producers – says it’s pivoting to green energy. But will reality live up to the rhetoric?
BBC News – Middle East

Floods in Petrópolis have exposed the dangerous conditions that residents live with everyday.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The gas pipeline between Russia and Germany cost €10bn (£8.4bn) and was completed last September.
BBC News – Europe

Boris Johnson says banks and billionaires will be targeted – but faces calls for tougher action now.
BBC News – UK

US jurors found the defendants violated Arbery’s civil rights by attacking him due to his race.
BBC News – US & Canada

Dozens more are injured in Burkina Faso after sticks of dynamite in a market blew up, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

Situated near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, many a visitor is enticed to stay in Leighton Buzzard. With Milton Keynes on one side and Dunstable on the other, this delightful hillside town is about 36 miles […]

The airline says continuous high winds are making it difficult to offload passengers’ luggage.
BBC News – Business

Yemenis who came to work in British factories in the 1950s have been without payments for years.
BBC News – Middle East

Landmines planted by rival gangs in the area killed one and injured others in recent weeks.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The meeting, proposed by France, will only take place if Russia does not invade Ukraine, the US says.
BBC News – Europe

The PM’s meeting with the Cabinet ahead of his statement to the Commons on the plans has been delayed.
BBC News – UK

The wife acted as lookout while her husband hid a data card inside a peanut butter sandwich.
BBC News – US & Canada

What it is like trying to do a job in a culture where women traditionally take second place to men.
BBC News – Africa

The business group says emerging industries such as biotech should be based in the North.
BBC News – Business