Russia’s economy is hanging between stagnation and decline, and ordinary Russians are beginning to feel the pinch.

The network denies it stopped the interview with a Texas Democrat from airing but warned it could run afoul of the US broadcast media watchdog.

India has signed a string of trade deals recently, but export growth will require deeper reforms, say experts.

The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue spoke with city residents about what the civil rights leader’s passing means for the community shaped by his activism.

The counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a boiler house security guard who was directing Russian strikes on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region.

Operatives of the Solomianskyi district police department in Kyiv, together with officers of the criminal investigation department of the Kyiv police headquarters, have detained a man suspected of setting fire to seven vehicles between December 2025 and early January 2026.

An emergency response headquarters will begin round-the-clock operations on Wednesday, February 18, due to deteriorating weather conditions across Ukraine.

Tehran also says more work is needed to get a deal - the US is yet to comment on the issue.

A total of 137 combat clashes were recorded along the frontline, with Russian forces carrying out nearly 30 attacks against Ukrainian Defense Forces positions in the Huliaipole sector.

In January, the work of the Engineering Troops of the Support Forces and engineering units of other branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Ground Forces, Unmanned Systems Forces, and Air Assault Forces, resulted in the elimination of nearly 700 invaders and the destruction of 110 weapons systems and pieces of military equipment.