Sanae Takaichi is popular - but inflation and a diplomatic row with China weigh on voters’ minds.

The BBC’s Washington correspondent Daniel Bush explains why the US president’s comments are causing a stir in a midterm election year.

Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey perform as part of vibrant opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Russian attacks damaged 233 residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia in January alone.

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk spoke about Russia’s systematic war crimes at the 20th Ukrainian Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

Ukrainian forces engaged in 137 combat clashes along the frontline, with Russian forces making 40 attempts to break through defenses in the Pokrovsk sector.

Mette-Marit says she is sorry to Norwegians for not realising what kind of person the late sex offender was.

For the first time, Ukraine is chairing the Commission for Social Development, the UN’s central platform for shaping global policies on poverty reduction, employment, and equality.

In the village of Duliby, in the Stryi district of the Lviv region, a man was found dead under the rubble of a destroyed building during recovery work, while three other people were injured.

On Saturday, February 7, a meeting will take place with the Ukrainian delegation to discuss sensitive aspects of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi. Talks with European partners are also planned.