AFP Russia has said it may close its main gas pipeline to Germany if the West goes ahead with a ban on Russian oil. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said a “rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences for the global market”, causing prices to more than double to $300 a barrel. The
Month: March 2022
As a person who lives with incontinence, I used to be resigned to an embarrassing routine. Every time I needed new underwear, I’d head to my local drugstore and buy a box of Depend (I avoid Always because it’s too expensive). The drugstore employees can never answer my questions about the difference between the various
Family handout Last month, the inquiry into the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena heard its final scheduled evidence. The BBC’s Judith Moritz has followed the family of Saffie-Rose Roussos – the youngest of the 22 victims – as they have uncovered details of their daughter’s death while learning to live with
Artillery and air strikes have caused severe damage in Irpin, with at least one attack leaving a residential tower block almost completely destroyed. The town has found itself on the frontline between Russian and Ukrainian forces over the past week. The BBC’s Jeremy Bowen spent the day in the town, as residents attempt to flee.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia is striking civilian targets in Ukraine, including hospitals, nurseries, and schools, the Ukrainian deputy prime minister has said, Olha Stefanishyna told the BBC that, after “strong resistance” from the Ukrainian army, there was an “enormous operation”
EPA World leaders must mount a renewed effort to ensure Russia’s “horrific” invasion of Ukraine fails, Boris Johnson has said. Writing in the New York Times, the prime minister said “it is not future historians but the people of Ukraine who will be our judge”. Mr Johnson set out a six-point plan, including rapidly strengthening
Reuters Russian forces continued to shell the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday, despite agreeing to a ceasefire just hours earlier – throwing an attempted mass evacuation of civilians into chaos. “I’m right now in Mariupol, I’m on the street, I can hear shelling every three to five minutes,” said Alexander, a 44-year-old engineer and
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC that he is convinced Ukraine can win its war with Russia. He could not say how long the conflict would last, but insisted that Ukraine’s defeat was
Reuters Russia escalated its air campaign against Ukraine on Thursday and Friday, killing dozens of civilians in the northern city of Chernihiv and continuing to lay siege to residential areas elsewhere. At least 47 people died in Chernihiv, according to Ukrainian emergency services, after aerial attacks damaged high-rise apartments buildings, clinics and a hospital and
EPA Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have made limited progress at ceasefire talks, agreeing on the need for humanitarian corridors for civilians. A senior Ukrainian official said that despite this outcome, the talks had not led to the results Kyiv was hoping for. They came as Russian President Vladimir Putin defended the invasion of Ukraine, saying
Watching my mom live with incontinence was a struggle. She used to feel so ashamed about her incontinence, and her Depend underwear made a bad situation worse. When she looked at herself in the mirror, all she saw was an “adult diaper,” and she looked like she could burst into tears. As her caretaker, this
Residents of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have told the BBC they are trying to survive a relentless barrage of Russian shelling that has smashed residential districts and cut off power and water supplies. “There has been no light, no heat, and no water now for two full days and we have hardly any
Reuters Russian forces have seized control of a key port city in southern Ukraine, the city’s mayor says. Kherson is the first major city to be taken by Russia, after heavy fighting, since it invaded a week ago. Its mayor, Igor Kolykhaev, said Russian troops had forced their way into the city council building and
Reuters Boris Johnson has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine. At Prime Minister’s Questions, he said bombing innocent civilians “already fully qualifies as a war crime”. He was responding to the Scottish National Party’s Sir Ian Blackford, who called for Mr Putin to be prosecuted. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The West was ready for the “unprovoked” and “premeditated” attack by Russia on Ukraine, US President Joe Biden will say in a primetime speech to Congress. Vladimir Putin “thought the West and Nato wouldn’t respond. He thought
Reuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK will “continue to bring maximum pressure to bear” on Russia as he prepares to fly to Poland and Estonia. He said Vladimir Putin would “feel the consequences” for invading Ukraine. Moscow has blamed comments by UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for the Russian president ordering its nuclear