Reuters By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News The Russian region of Belgorod has again come under attack from across the Ukrainian border, with at least eight people reportedly hurt in shelling. Russia’s defence ministry has also claimed it thwarted other attempts by Ukraine to “invade” the region. Kyiv has not commented on the allegations but has
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PA Media Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he has given the UK government all the WhatsApp messages and notebooks demanded by the Covid-19 inquiry. Mr Johnson is urging the government to hand the material to the inquiry in full, without redactions. The inquiry, which begins public hearings in two weeks, is investigating how ministers
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Getty Images By Mike Wendling BBC News A Nasa panel investigating unidentified flying objects has collected around 800 mysterious reports – but only a small fraction are truly unexplained, researchers say. The agency set up the panel last year to explain its work on what it calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). UAP are defined as
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Reuters By Antoinette Radford BBC News The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma will be protected from lawsuits linked to the US opioid crisis in exchange for a $6bn (£4.85bn) settlement. Purdue, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019 amid thousands of lawsuits, made drugs like OxyContin and is blamed for fuelling the crisis. On Tuesday, an
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Residents of South Korea’s capital city Seoul woke to the sound of an air raid siren and an evacuation message played over loud speakers. The warning was a false alarm, prompted by a failed attempt by North Korea at launching a spy satellite into space, that ended up crashing into the sea. Earlier Pyongyang had
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