Month: December 2024

The BBC’s Will Vernon reports amid emotional scenes as freed prisoners arrive in Ukraine.

Dozens of tornadoes also cause extensive property damage and leave tens of thousands without power.

Cecilia Sala could be used as “political leverage” after an Iranian citizen was detained by Italy, a US state department spokesman has said.

More could follow before the window to lodge appeals closes at midnight on 30 December.

The country has one of the highest homicide rates in the region, with more than 620 killed this year.

Marking five years since Covid emerged, the WHO says China should share data as “a moral and scientific imperative”.

The 39th president of the United States will be remembered in a state funeral in Washington and ceremonies in Atlanta.

An air safety expert says lives could have been saved if the “obstruction” was not there.

Moscow said 150 Russians were released while Zelensky said 189 Ukrainians had returned home.