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Claims of Russian missile strike on Poland trigger NATO emergency talks - BBC News
It’s reported that Russian missiles have landed in Poland near its border with Ukraine, killing two people on a farm.It came on a day that Russia launched a ...
Ukraine war: Russian-held oil depot explodes following missile strike
An alleged Ukrainian missile strike on Russian-controlled territory caused an explosion followed by a fire at an oil depot near a train station.It took 10 fire engines to put the fire out. Ukraine has continued acting a out a series of counter-strikes on...
Frontline fighting in Ukraine as government forces advance in Donbas - BBC News
The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine has admitted that the situation in the east of the country is “tense” as Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Donbas region and towards the city of Kherson in the south. Russian officials have told reside...
Climate change threat in Congo as vast carbon-rich peat slab faces development - BBC News
In central Africa a giant slab of carbon-rich peat land, discovered by a team of British and Congolese scientists, is under threat from oil companies and farming. The carbon must be kept in the ground to avoid accelerating climate change, but some plots...