Month: September 2022

Reuters Russian missiles have hit a reservoir dam near the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, officials say. Residents in some areas were told to evacuate, city head Oleksandr Vilkul said, but he added the situation was under control. Ukraine said the strike was revenge by Russia for its recent counter-attack. President Volodymyr Zelensky –

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In a moment of symbolic unity, Prince William and Prince Harry walked side by side behind the Queen’s coffin as it left Buckingham Palace. Along with King Charles and other members of the Royal Family, they processed

Reuters Prince William and Prince Harry will walk together behind the Queen’s coffin in a procession in London on Wednesday. The brothers, along with the King, will follow the coffin on foot from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where the Queen will lie in state. The procession will leave the palace at 14:22 BST and

Kaba family The officer who shot dead Chris Kaba in south London should have been suspended sooner, the victim’s family says. The 24-year-old rapper, who was unarmed, was killed by a single shot in Streatham Hill on 5 September. Mr Kaba’s family welcomed the suspension but said there was “no urgency” around the investigation. His

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ukrainian forces have seized even more territory from Russia as they continue their counter-offensive, the country’s president has said. Volodymyr Zelensky said troops have now retaken more than 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq miles) from Russian control

Reuters You can normally expect Russian state TV’s flagship weekly news programme to trumpet Kremlin successes. But Sunday’s edition opened with a rare admission. “On the frontlines of the special operation [in Ukraine], this has been the toughest week so far,” declared sombre-looking anchor Dmitry Kiselev. “It was particularly tough along the Kharkiv front, where

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia aims to “deprive people of light and heat” by causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine in revenge for a Ukrainian counter-offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Blackouts reportedly affected millions of people in the eastern Kharkiv

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ukraine’s military says its forces have retaken over 3,000 sq km (1,158 sq miles) during a rapid counter-offensive in eastern Ukraine. The remarkable advance, if confirmed, means Kyiv’s forces have tripled their stated gains in little over

EPA Russian forces have withdrawn from key eastern towns, as a rapid Ukrainian counter-attack makes further gains. Ukrainian officials said troops entered Kupiansk, a vital eastern supply hub for Russian forces, on Saturday. Russia’s defence ministry then said its troops have retreated from nearby Izyum to allow them “to regroup”. The ministry also confirmed the

Reuters The Queen will lie in state for four days before her funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday, 19 September. The public will be allowed to view the coffin during that time. Before this, the Queen will be at rest in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for 24 hours from Monday 12 September, with people

Getty Images Charles III will be formally proclaimed king at a historic ceremony at St James’s Palace on Saturday morning. Flags lowered in mourning for the late Queen will fly full-mast after the Accession Council, which will be televised for the first time. A wave of further proclamations will take place across the UK until

King Charles III has held his first audience with Prime Minister Liz Truss. Video footage from inside a meeting between the British head of state and their prime minister is rare. The King told Ms Truss that losing his mother was the day he had been dreading and that he must “try and keep everything

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a “moment of great sadness” for him and his family and that her loss would be “deeply felt” around the world. Senior royals had

NPG This is the moment history stops; for a minute, an hour, for a day or a week; this is the moment history stops. Across a life and reign, two moments from two very different eras illuminate the thread that bound the many decades together. At each a chair, a desk, a microphone, a speech.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The suspect in a stabbing spree in Canada which left 10 people dead and 19 injured has died after being captured by police. Myles Sanderson, 32, experienced “medical distress” after the arrest on a motorway in the

Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed her new cabinet, hours after taking over at 10 Downing Street. For the first time none of the “great offices of state” is held by a white man, with Suella Braverman as home secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor and James Cleverly as foreign secretary. Here is a guide to