Simon Furness

Global markets jump amid hopes that military tensions over Ukraine could be easing.
BBC News – Business

The auction of tools said to have been used to brand prisoners caused uproar among Holocaust groups.
BBC News – Middle East

Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández is escorted from his home after the US requested his extradition.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The US president says invasion is “still very much a possibility” but the human cost would be “immense”.
BBC News – Europe

The duke will pay an undisclosed financial sum to Virginia Giuffre as part of the out-of-court settlement.
BBC News – UK

The $ 73m settlement marks the first time a US gun manufacturer has faced liability for a mass shooting.
BBC News – US & Canada

The 10-year-old refuse worker in Sudan became trapped in the truck’s crushing mechanism.
BBC News – Africa

Hitchin The North Hertfordshire town that used to be home to a tribe of Hicces.

Hitchin is a thriving town situated in the north Hertfordshire region. It takes its name from the tribe that once occupied the […]

The inquiry into wrongful convictions must put former sub-postmasters at its heart, a lawyer says.
BBC News – Business

The abduction of Fawaz al-Qataifan, 8, sparked an outcry when footage emerged of him being whipped.
BBC News – Middle East

After killing three people at a wake, gunmen shoot dead six mourners at the funeral of the same man.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine accuses Russia of ignoring requests to explain its troop build-up, and calls for a meeting.
BBC News – Europe

The price of fuel at the pump has risen with petrol at 148.02p a litre and diesel at 151.57p.
BBC News – UK

Police have cleared the costly bridge blockade at Windsor. Are two weeks of protests about to end?
BBC News – US & Canada

The BBC gains rare access to the country, hearing from civilians caught in the crossfire.
BBC News – Africa

Super Bowl LVI (56)
The 2021 Super Bowl is upon us and for the second season running one of the teams will be on home ground, as it is at the home of the Rams (Sofi Stadium). That makes it two years running and […]

Research for the BBC suggests the price of 15 food staples across four supermarkets has risen 8% in a year.
BBC News – Business

Fear of arrest is more widespread than ever, a leading activist freed from jail tells the BBC.
BBC News – Middle East

An area of trees more than seven times the size of Manhattan, New York was destroyed.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

US President Joe Biden again warns Russian leader Vladimir Putin against invading Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe