the Visual Journalism team BBC News BBC Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year, mostly in the east of Ukraine. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ordered a three-day ceasefire to start at … Read more
In the early hours of Wednesday, India said it had launched a series of missile strikes on what it called “terrorist infrastructure sites” in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Pakistan said six locations were hit, with 26 people killed and 46 injured. Meanwhile, India’s army said 10 civilians were killed by Pakistani shelling on its side … Read more
Reuters Kashmir has been a source of conflict between India and Pakistan for decades Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have fought two wars and a limited conflict over Kashmir. But why do they dispute the territory – and how did it start? How old is this conflict? Kashmir is an ethnically diverse Himalayan region famed … Read more
Matt Murphy, Olga Robinson & Shayan Sardarizadeh BBC Verify Reuters India’s strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views. Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an … Read more
At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media showed bodies slumped over tables at the Thailandy restaurant, in the northern Rimal neighbourhood, which had recently been operating as a community kitchen. … Read more
Reuters Israel’s competitor Yuval Raphael was at the Nova musical festival when Hamas attacked and killed 360 young partygoers and took 40 more hostage Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has asked the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for a discussion on Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest. Its director general Kevin Bakhurst said he was “appalled … Read more
For the second time in just eight days, a US fighter jet has been lost to the Red Sea after falling from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, US officials say. An F/A-18F Super Hornet was attempting to land on the Truman’s flight deck on Tuesday when a manoeuvre failed, “causing the aircraft to … Read more
NurPhoto via Getty Images Pakistan claims to have shot down five Indian fighter jets – India has not confirmed this In a dramatic overnight operation, India said it launched missile and air strikes on nine sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, targeting what it called militant positions based on “credible intelligence”. The strikes, lasting just … Read more
Getty Images Russia is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two Russia is expected to begin a self-declared three-day pause in fighting against Ukraine on Wednesday night, in a move derided by many Ukrainians and described by President Volodymyr Zelensky as little more than a “theatrical show”. Russia’s Vladimir Putin proposed … Read more
Former US President Joe Biden has said he has no regrets for withdrawing from the 2024 presidential election when he did – adding that the outcome of the vote would not have been any different if he had made the decision any earlier. The Democrat dropped out less than four months before the November poll … Read more