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Dramatic scenes from Australia where the fight against wildfires is far from over, and from France where unions took to the streets over pensions.

10/01/2020

Iran

Ukraine plane did not radio for help before it crashed

Iran has refused to hand over the black box to the plane's manufacturer, Boeing

09/01/2020

Iran

Black boxes found after Iran plane crash kills 176 people

Ukraine has confirmed that the victims come from at least seven nations, however Iranian media say that many were travelling on dual passports.

08/01/2020

Ukraine

Watch: Ukrainian nationalists hold torchlit parade in Kyiv

It's to honour World War II anti-Soviet leader Stepan Bandera

01/01/2020

Russia

Assassinations, wars, Olympic drama: Key moments in 20 years of Putin

From the Beslan school siege to the Sochi Winter Olympics, here are the main events marking Vladimir Putin’s 20 years in power.

31/12/2019

World News

10 stories that changed Europe in the last decade

Europe, you've changed. Here are the 10 events that have changed Europe in the last 10 years.

30/12/2019

Ukraine

Pro-Russia separatists swap prisoners with Ukraine

The swap is part of a deal brokered earlier this month that aims to end the five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine.

28/12/2019

Crimea

Ukraine opens probe into Russian train on new bridge to Crimea

Ukrainian officials say the first Russian train to arrive at Sevastapol illegally carried people across the Ukrainian border.

25/12/2019

Ukraine

Putin opens huge Russia-Crimea rail bridge

Putin congratulated construction workers, saying the bridge has "proven Russia's ability to carry out large-scale infrastructure projects."

23/12/2019

World

Elderly suffer as Ukraine conflict drives away health workers

In partnership with The European Commission

When fighting broke out in April 2014, many people including health professionals fled the Luhansk and Donetsk Donbas regions. Those left behind were mainly elderly residents.

19/12/2019

Ukraine

Protests in Kyiv over allowing the sale of Ukraine's prized farmland

Once known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is now looking at opening up its fertile farmland to the market. It's helped sow the seeds of discontent among farmers and nationalists.

17/12/2019

USA

Trump impeachment looms as US House committee approves charges

Divided lawmakers approved articles of impeachment charging US President Donald Trump with abusing the power of his office over the Ukraine scandal and obstructing Congress.

14/12/2019

France

Macron positive after Zelenskiy's first face-to-face with Putin

A ceasefire and further prisoner swaps are among the items on the agenda at the summit in Paris.

09/12/2019

World

Ukrainian beauty queen takes organisation to court for discrimination

Veronika Didusenko was crowned the most beautiful woman in her country. She took part and won the 2018 Miss Ukraine beauty-pageant. But then, after four days, she was forced to give up her crown once organisers discovered she was divorced and had a son. And now she is taking them to court.

06/12/2019

USA

Euroviews. How Trump is using the House impeachment hearings to fine-tune his 2020 strategy ǀ View

After the Democrats impeach Trump in the House, a new show will open in the Senate. That production will be brought to you by Republicans — and it will give Trump an even grander stage.

04/12/2019

Ukraine

Ukrainian politician's son killed in attack in Kyiv

Unknown gunmen opened fire at the car of a local MP in the centre of Ukraine's capital on Sunday, killing his three-year-old son, a police source told Reuters.

02/12/2019

Ukraine

Apple 'looking at how it handles borders' after Crimea map controversy

Apple appears to have caved to Russian demands to label annexed Crimea as Russian — but only for Russian users

30/11/2019

USA

Trump again denies investigation link to Ukraine amid new revelations

Trump used the visit to the must-win state of Florida — the first rally in a swing state in months — to defend himself on several fronts.

27/11/2019

Europe News

Oleg Sentsov's thought for jailed Ukrainians as he receives EP prize

"While we are talking here in Strasbourg, in warmth and safety, our guys are still there, in Russia," said freed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov as he picked up the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize on Tuesday.

26/11/2019

Ukraine

Holodomor explained: The famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine

A famine killed millions in Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s. Today, Ukrainians remember its victims.

23/11/2019