When war in Ukraine broke out in 2022, Olena Kutsa was five months pregnant. As Russian troops rolled and explosions echoed across the country, the Head of Emergency Response for the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, who was five-months pregnant, left her home – not knowing If she would ever return. Olena moved into her office […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 02/24/2026 – 7:41 GMT+1 On today’s special program: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING We connect live with our correspondent on the ground, Philip Crowther, who brings us an update from Kyiv. Our Jakub Janas takes a look at the timeline of Russia’s four-year full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Interviews with: Radosław Sikorski, Polish Foreign Minister; Yevheniya Kravchuk, […]
Continue ReadingSince the death of a powerful drug lord, Mexico has deployed thousands of soldiers to reinforce security due to a wave of violence erupting across parts of the country. Defence Secretary Ricardo Trevilla said an extra 2,500 soldiers have been sent to western Mexico, bringing the total number of deployed since Sunday to 9,500. On […]
Continue ReadingFormer British ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson, who was arrested in connection with the Epstein scandal, has been released on bail. House searches were carried out at two addresses and the investigation was continuing, the police in London said early this morning. The investigators arrested the former economics minister on Monday. Peter Mandelson was […]
Continue ReadingTensions between Japan and China are heating up.Image: keystone China has put 20 Japanese companies on a list for export restrictions, increasing tensions between the two countries. 02/24/2026, 07:1102/24/2026, 07:11 The measure affects some of Japan’s largest defense companies. According to the Ministry of Commerce, several subsidiaries of the listed major corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries […]
Continue ReadingOne of the men, whose job was to identify and count dead soldiers, provided detailed lists showing that he is the sole survivor from a group of 79 men he was mobilised with. Because he refused to go to the front line, he says he was tortured and urinated on. Others in his unit who […]
Continue ReadingThis month marks four gruelling years since the full‑scale invasion began and a genuine ceasefire still feels far from assured
Continue ReadingThe inquiry comes after 15 people were killed and dozens hurt when two gunmen opened fire at a Jewish event.
Continue ReadingFriedrich Merz reist nach China. Mit einer 30-köpfigen Wirtschaftsdelegation und klaren Worten im Gepäck. Kurz vor dem Abflug hat der Kanzler das Land als globalen Machtfaktor beschrieben, der Abhängigkeiten ausnutzt, Taiwan unter Druck setzt und die internationale Ordnung in seinem Sinne neu deutet. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie der Kanzler die kritische Perspektive darauf und wirtschaftspolitische […]
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol is appealing his life sentence for leading an uprising. 02/24/2026, 06:3202/24/2026, 06:32 The 65-year-old announced this through his lawyers. The reasons given for the appeal include alleged legal errors in the first instance judgment and an exaggerated indictment. Yoon Suk Yeol is appealing his conviction.Image: keystone On December […]
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