A court in Georgia has handed a further prison sentence to the jailed former president, Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili was sentenced on Monday to four-and-a-half years behind bars for illegally crossing…
Category: Politics and International Relations
Russia: Peace deal must bar Ukraine from Nato- Russian official
Russia will seek guarantees that Nato will exclude Ukraine from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said. “We will demand…
Russia: Ukrainian troops relive retreat from Kursk
Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region have described scenes “like a horror movie” as they retreated from the front lines. The BBC has received extensive accounts from Ukrainian troops,…
Ukraine: Trump and Putin to hold call on ceasefire deal soon, US envoy says
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak in coming days, as talks continue over a possible ceasefire in the three-year war in Ukraine. US envoy…
Serbia: Largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest against government
Hundreds of thousands of people descended on Serbia’s capital on Saturday to protest over the deaths of 15 people in a railway station collapse. While the government put attendance at…
USA: Authorities unveil new app for ‘self-deportations’
The Trump administration is repurposing a mobile application – originally created to facilitate asylum appointments – into a way for undocumented migrants already in the US to “self-deport”. The app,…
USA: Trump blocked from using wartime law for deportations
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from using a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to carry out mass deportations of Venezuelans. Trump on Saturday…
USA: Military launches wave of air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis
The US has launched a “decisive and powerful” wave of air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, US President Donald Trump has said, citing the armed group’s attacks on shipping…
UK: Military planning for Ukraine peace to begin, says Starmer
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said military planning to protect a potential Ukraine ceasefire is moving to an “operational phase” after a virtual meeting with 29 other world leaders.…
Palestine: Aid workers killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza
A team of charity workers has been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza, the UK-registered Al Khair Foundation has told the BBC. The charity said eight workers – including…