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Europe: Russia says sanctions must be lifted before Ukraine maritime ceasefire can start
Russia has said some Western sanctions must be lifted before it begins a maritime ceasefire with Ukraine.
Within hours of the US announcing the two sides had agreed to halt strikes in the Black Sea in separate deals, the Kremlin said it would only take place once sanctions on a number of Russian banks were lifted.
The demands include revoking sanctions on the state agricultural bank Rosselkhozbank and restoring the firms’ access to the Swift international payment system.
Overnight, Moscow launched a drone attack on the port city of Mykolaiv, Ukrainian officials said, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying the strikes were “a clear signal” Russia did not want peace.
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Sudan: Army retakes Khartoum airport from paramilitary RSF
Sudan’s army has recaptured Khartoum airport from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), “fully securing it”, according to military sources.
Soldiers also encircled areas surrounding the airport in the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, a key development in a two-year-old conflict between the armed forces and rival RSF.
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USA: Trump has blown up the world order – and left Europe’s leaders scrabbling
This is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two, and a lasting one. As one expert puts it, “Trumpism will outlast his presidency”. But which nations are equipped to step to the fore as the US stands back?
At 09.00 one morning in February 1947, the UK ambassador in Washington, Lord Inverchapel, walked into the State Department to hand the US Secretary of State, George Marshall, two diplomatic messages printed on blue paper to emphasise their importance: one on Greece, the other on Turkey.
Exhausted, broke and heavily in debt to the United States, Britain told the US that it could no longer continue its support for the Greek government forces that were fighting an armed Communist insurgency. Britain had already announced plans to pull out of Palestine and India and to wind down its presence in Egypt.
The United States saw immediately that there was now a real danger that Greece would fall to the Communists and, by extension, to Soviet control. And if Greece went, the United States feared that Turkey could be next, giving Moscow control of the Eastern Mediterranean including, potentially, the Suez Canal, a vital global trade route.
Almost overnight, the United States stepped into the vacuum left by the departing British.
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South Korea: Government admits to ‘mass exporting’ children for adoption
South Korean governments committed numerous human rights violations over decades in a controversial programme that sent at least 170,000 children and babies abroad for adoption, a landmark inquiry has found.
It said the government’s lack of oversight enabled the “mass exportation of children” by private agencies that were driven by profit, and found examples of fraud, falsified records and coercion.
Since the 1950s, South Korea has sent more children abroad for adoption than any other country, with most sent to Western countries.
South Korea has sinced moved to tighten its adoption processes, but some adoptees and their biological parents say they are still haunted by what they went through. The BBC spoke to one woman who claimed her adoptive parents “took better care of the dog than they ever did of me”.
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Ethiopia: PM seeks new Tigray leader amid fears of war
In an effort to quell rising tensions in its troubled Tigray region, Ethiopia’s prime minister has said he will appoint a new leader in the area.
Tigray’s interim President Getachew Reda fled to the capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this month following a power struggle in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which runs the region.
In a novel approach, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed asked Tigrayans to suggest who the region’s new leader should be via email.
The infighting has sparked fears that Tigray could return to the civil war that claimed an estimated half a million lives.
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India: Top court halts ‘shocking’ ruling on sexual assault of child
India’s Supreme Court has put on hold a recent high court court which said that “grabbing [the] breasts” of a girl and breaking off the drawstrings of her lower garment could not be considered an attempt to rape.
The Allahabad high court had ruled last week that the offence could only be described as “aggravated sexual assault”, which involves a lesser punishment.
The top court judges said some of the comments in the high court order depicted “a total lack of sensitivity” on the part of the judge who wrote it.
The high court ruling led to outrage in India.
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USA: Trump downplays shock over leaked Signal chat about Yemen attack
Democratic lawmakers have demanded the resignation of top-level United States government officials after an article in The Atlantic revealed editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat discussing plans for bombing Yemen.
The calls by several Democrats came as the White House remained in damage control mode on Tuesday, seeking to dismiss allegations that government secrets were at risk.
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Yemen: Houthis say 17 air strikes hit Yemen as rebels attack US, Israeli targets
Several air strikes have hit northern Yemen, according to the Houthis, who said they carried out attacks on United States warships in the Red Sea and launched drones at military sites in Israel.
Houthi-affiliated media reported on Wednesday that at least 17 strikes hit Saada and Amran, blaming the US for the attacks.
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Palestine: Over 140,000 displaced in a week in Gaza amid renewed Israeli attacks-UN
Israel’s renewed attacks on the Gaza Strip have continued for a ninth straight day, killing dozens of Palestinians, as the United Nations says more than 140,000 people have been displaced since last week.
The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, said 142,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on March 18.
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Turkey: Istanbul divided as Erdogan rival’s arrest sparks anti-government protests
The scent of tear gas lingered over Sarachane Square in Istanbul as thousands gathered over the weekend to protest against the arrest of the city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, outside the municipal headquarters.
The popular politician, whom Turkiye’s main opposition party has chosen as its candidate for the next presidential election, was arrested on March 19. Since then, protests have erupted daily, with demonstrators now calling for the government’s resignation.
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USA: Trump signs new executive order to change election rules
United States President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that he argues is aimed at tightening election rules ahead of the 2026 midterms, touching upon a claim he has frequently made – without evidence – of large-scale election fraud.
Titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” the new order introduces strict new requirements that voters must meet in order to cast their ballot.
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Brazil: Argentina beats Brazil, qualifies for FIFA World Cup 2026
Argentina are celebrating their 2026 World Cup qualification with a dazzling 4-1 thrashing of archrivals Brazil in Buenos Aires.
Julian Alvarez, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister and Giuliano Simeone sealed an emphatic win on Tuesday for the world champions, who had been assured of their World Cup berth after Bolivia’s 0-0 draw with Uruguay earlier in the day.
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Denmark: JD Vance’s visit to Greenland is ‘unacceptable pressure’ by US- Danish PM
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has accused the United States of exerting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland in advance of a provocative high-level visit to the Arctic territory led by US Vice President JD Vance.
Vance, who has become the attack dog of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, will travel with his wife, Usha, and other senior officials to the US’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday, “to receive a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet with US servicemembers”, his office said in a statement.