Sarah Rainsford I’m writing this in a bomb shelter several storeys below ground with a crowd of people, four dogs and a pet rabbit. Hotel staff ran round banging on doors soon after midnight before herding us down multiple flights of stairs at high speed. It looks like they’ve overreacted to a rumour about a
Month: February 2022
US conservatives are unsurprisingly united in their criticism of Joe Biden’s foreign policy – but they are also divided over how best to deal with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. The BBC went to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida to ask grassroots activists what they think of Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and
EP# The gloves are off, the pretences dropped, diplomacy is dead – at least for now. Ukraine is under full-scale Russian invasion and is fighting for its very survival. So what happens next? The biggest prize for Russia is Kyiv, the capital city and seat of President Zelensky’s government – a city where fighting has
Getty Images Russia has limited access to Facebook over the platform’s stance on the accounts of several Moscow-backed news outlets amid the invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused the network of “censorship” and violating “the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens”. Facebook said it had refused to stop fact-checking and labelling content from
David McCormack and his No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks face a big test against No. 10 Baylor on Saturday. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) With Selection Sunday a little more than two weeks away, on March 13, we project the entire NCAA tournament field and where each team will be seeded. Click on the link above
Fuel prices at UK pumps have hit all-time highs, and experts predict they will rise further due to the Ukraine crisis. The average price for a litre of petrol has been heading towards 150p and diesel prices are also at a record. At a toddler group in Woking, Surrey, children are happily playing with toy
Getty Images Western nations have ordered personal sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the invasion of Ukraine. The men’s assets in the US, EU, UK and Canada will be frozen and, in the case of the US, a travel ban imposed. The announcement came on the second day
Reuters Cabinet ministers received what one source described as an “ominous assessment” from defence and intelligence chiefs on Thursday night about what may lie ahead for the people of Ukraine. And it has now become clearer what the fears of the Western allies are. Ukrainian resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces is – for
Bear League California’s burliest burglar is no longer the lone suspect in nearly 40 home break-ins across the Lake Tahoe region, wildlife officials have said. Residents have made more than 150 calls since last summer about “Hank the Tank”, a 500lb (227kg) black bear with a raging appetite for human food. But DNA samples have
EPA The UK will introduce sanctions against Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “imminently”, Boris Johnson has said. According to the UK’s sanctions list they will face asset freezes – a measure also being imposed by the EU – but not a travel ban. The announcement comes a day after Russia invaded
Win McNamee / Getty Images A Florida resident photographed during the Capitol riots with a podium bearing the Speaker of the House seal has been sentenced to 75 days in prison. Adam Johnson, 37, dubbed “Podium Guy” by social media users in the wake of the riot, was also fined $5,000 (£3,725). In November, Johnson
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged European countries to do more to help as he urged his citizens to resist Russian invasion. The second day of fighting saw tanks enter the capital, Kyiv, for the
Getty Images President Joe Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, calling her “one of the nation’s brightest legal minds”. She will be the first black woman to serve in the court’s 232-year history if confirmed. She would replace liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires at the end
The 2022 Champions League final will be played in Paris after Russia was stripped of the match following the nation’s invasion of Ukraine. The final of Europe’s most prestigious club competition was due to be played in St Petersburg on 28 May. Following a meeting on Friday, Uefa confirmed the match would not be held
Getty Images British airlines have been banned from landing at Russia’s airports and from crossing its airspace, the Russian civil aviation regulator has said. Russia said the move is a response to “the unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation authorities”. On Thursday, the UK banned Russia’s national airline Aeroflot from landing in Britain. The measure
Getty Images President Joe Biden has spent enormous diplomatic capitol on countering Russian aggression toward Ukraine. His administration relentlessly broadcast doomsday warnings about an impending invasion – which proved to be correct – and declared that no less than the international order was at stake. But Mr Biden has also made clear that the Americans
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