Maia Davies and Laura Gozzi Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump's senior negotiator appear to have failed to produce a breakthrough on securing a Ukraine peace deal. A Kremlin spokesman said the Moscow meeting was "constructive", but parts of th
Read more: No breakthrough after Moscow talks on UkraineJoel Gunter, Hannah O'Grady & Rory Tinman BBC Two former heads of all UK Special Forces suppressed evidence of possible SAS war crimes, a former high-ranking officer has told a public inquiry in closed evidence sessions. The officer, who was among the most senior in special forces, said he had p
Read more: Senior officer alleges Special Forces suppressed SAS war-crime evidenceSeher Asaf and Patrick Jackson Matt Humphrey Sir Tom Stoppard, one of the UK’s best-known playwrights, has died aged 88, his agents have announced. Sir Tom, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, "died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family".
Read more: Sir Tom Stoppard dies aged 88A daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma has resigned as an MP, after being accused of tricking 17 South African men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia to train as bodyguards for the Zumas’ uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. Duduzile Zuma-
Read more: Zuma’s daughter resigns amid claims men lured to fight for RussiaTheo Leggett, International business correspondent and Yang Tian, BBC News Thousands of Airbus planes have been grounded after it was discovered that intense solar radiation could interfere with onboard flight control computers, leading to delays around the world. Around 6,000 A320 planes are though
Read more: Airbus grounds A320s after solar radiation corrupts flight-control dataAll 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced on Tuesday. A total of 25 girls were abducted on 17 November from the Government Girls Comprehensive secondary school in Kebbi state’s Ma
Read more: All Kebbi Schoolgirls Rescued, Says PresidentThe UK government has rejected a request by Nigeria to deport a former senior Nigerian politician convicted of organ trafficking. Ike Ekweremadu, 63, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate and ally of the former president Goodluck Jonathan, is serving a sentence of nine years and eight mon
Read more: UK Refuses Nigeria's Request to Transfer Jailed Ex-PoliticianSouth Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, closed the G20 summit in Johannesburg by banging a gavel, having rejected a US proposal for him to hand over to a relatively junior embassy official for the next summit in Florida in a year’s time. South Africa presented the two-day event as a triumph for m
Read more: Ramaphosa Closes G20 Amid US Boycott and Handover DisputeA "tremendous amount of progress" has been achieved in talks to finalise a US-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. But "there's still some work to be done", Rubio said after meeting Ukrainian and European negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland. Ukra
Read more: Rubio: Tremendous progress in Geneva Ukraine peace talksGunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came
Read more: More than 300 Students Kidnapped in Nigeria; Security Concerns RisePresident Donald Trump has said a US plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war is not his "final offer" for Kyiv, after Ukrainian allies voiced concerns over proposals. Earlier on Saturday, leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan said the plan had elements "essential for a just and lasting peace", but would
Read more: Trump: US 28-Point Ukraine Plan Not Final OfferUnknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in the country in a week. The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threat to intervene militarily to end
Read more: Nigeria shaken by mass abduction of 215 schoolchildren
