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Ross Atkins on… The death of Igor Kirillov Ukrainian sources told the BBC that the country’s security service was behind the killing of a high-ranking general in the Russian armed forces and his assistant. BBC Analysis Editor Ross Atkins, in collaboration with the BBC Verification Service, takes a look at material from the scene to […]

Ukraine says it killed Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow BBC correspondent Steve Rosenberg says from Moscow: “The explosion killed a senior Russian general.” A Ukrainian source told the BBC that a high-ranking general in the Russian armed forces and his assistant were killed in Moscow by the Ukrainian security service. Russia’s Investigative Committee said

The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Apple of using conflict minerals The Democratic Republic of the Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of using conflict minerals. On behalf of the Congolese government, the lawyers argued that Apple is complicit in crimes committed by

Trump meets with TikTok CEO as ban deadline approaches US President-elect Donald Trump met with TikTok’s CEO on Monday, as the social media giant fights US authorities’ plans to ban it. Trump met with Xu Ziqiu at his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, on Monday, CBS News, a BBC partner, reported, citing sources familiar with the

Russian chemical weapons spokesman As head of Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological protection forces, Igor Kirillov – who died in an explosion in Moscow – was accused by the West of overseeing the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine. Sources from the Ukrainian security service SBU said it was behind the explosion

The Syrian city of Homs is looking to rebuild, but old wounds remain open Francesco Tosto/BBC Baraa was first interviewed by the BBC after she fled the Old City of Homs as a child nearly a decade ago. “Even now, I still look back and wonder how we survived this nightmare,” Baraa says quietly. The

Abundant Life Christian School shooting: 2 killed by student A student opened fire at a private Christian school in the US state of Wisconsin, wounding six people and killing a teacher and a teenage student. Madison Police Chief Shawn Barnes identified the attacker Monday night as a 15-year-old female student at the school. Authorities say

Bomb violence kills and maims children Ronnie Sen for the BBC Bucho was nine years old when he hit what he thought was a ball, causing a fatal explosion Over the past three decades, at least 565 children in the Indian state of West Bengal have been injured or killed by homemade bombs, according to

Iran stops implementing the controversial new dress code Iran’s National Security Council has suspended implementation of the controversial “veil and chastity law,” which was scheduled to take effect Friday. President Masoud Pezeshkian described the legislation as “vague and in need of reform,” indicating his intention to reevaluate its procedures. The proposed new law – which

Fear of judgment boils in the heart of the Alawite region, to which Assad belongs Quentin Somerville joins Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham forces as they make arrests in the streets of Latakia Nour stands shivering in the cold afternoon light in the courtyard, not from cold, but from fear. She came wearing her thick winter coat