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Three years on: Ukraine remembers Bucha’s retaking

A ceremony was held to mark three years since Ukrainian forces retook Bucha, remembering the atrocities committed during Russia’s occupation in the early weeks of the 2022 invasion.

31/03/2025

Culture news

400 migrants evicted from Paris theatre after monthslong occupation

More than 400 migrants, many of them underage, had found shelter in La Gaîté Lyrique while waiting for permanent housing solutions.

18/03/2025

France

Iconic Paris venue struggles as 350 young migrants sleep in hallways

While the City of Paris and the French government are at loggerheads over resolving the situation, many of the protesters say they are unaccompanied minors from sub-Saharan Africa.

21/01/2025

Netherlands

Nazi collaboration files spark painful Dutch reckoning with WWII past

Eight decades after the defeat of the Nazis, a debate in the Netherlands asks how much of the largest Dutch war archive should be made available online.

10/01/2025

Ukraine

A Ukrainian woman remembers life under Russian occupation

Anastasiia lived in Kherson and was preparing for the birth of her second child when Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. She didn't want to live under occupation, so she decided to take the risk and leave.

22/06/2024

Ukraine

People flee life in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine

Thousands of people flee to Ukraine from territories held by Russia through an unofficial crossing point between the two countries amid a brutal war.

11/12/2023

Ukraine

At least 50 people killed in Russian strike on village in east Ukraine

President Zelenskyy denounced the attack on the store and cafe in the village of Hroza as a “demonstrably brutal Russian crime” and “a completely deliberate act of terrorism.”

05/10/2023

Ukraine

In occupied Mariupol, Russia's rebuild is erasing Ukrainian identity

The key southern port city has become well-known worldwide as the site of death and destruction brought on by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February. Now, Moscow is rushing to paper over the devastation it caused.

22/12/2022

Ukraine

Authorities release full results for 'sham' Ukraine annexation polls

Moscow could officially annex the regions - around 15 per cent of Ukraine - within days.

27/09/2022

Scenes

Meet the surfers who are making waves in the Gaza Strip

In partnership with Media City

"We stay at the sea because it is where we can experience a taste of freedom and happiness."

01/08/2022

World News

Meet the young Jewish voices pushing for peace from across Europe

#NotInOurNames group is against evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, and the Israeli government claiming to speak for all Jews, in Israel and the diaspora.

18/05/2021

Ukraine

Russia completes wall on Crimea-Ukraine border

Security barrier equipped with sensors to prevent "penetration by Ukrainian saboteurs".

28/12/2018

Greece

Greece's student heroes remembered

The 1973 student uprising in Athens that was crushed with tanks and heavy loss of life was not the end of Greece's military dictatorship, but it marked the beginning of the end.

17/11/2018

Israel

West Bank teen, Ahed Tamimi, gets eight months in prison

West Bank teen, Ahed Tamimi, gets eight months in prison for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers after a plea deal that helped her avoid more serious charges.

22/03/2018