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In February, Russia captured the strategic town of Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region. Since then, the invaders have advanced further west, and taken several villages. Ukraine says its forces are “holding on”. But Russian troops are now attacking in five areas along the 1,100km (700 mile) front line. Over 1.2 million people – or two thirds of the population – have left the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk region since Russia’s full scale invasion two years ago. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Donetsk #Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews source

Emmanuel Macron was meeting young people in Paris when one person called him something he didn’t like. The French president doesn’t like being called ‘Manu’, as the young teen found out. Please subscribe HERE source

Aeroplanes have become bigger and faster but their impact on the climate has also increased. Jet engines burn kerosene which releases carbon dioxide – one of the main greenhouse gases causing climate change. So, could hydrogen powered planes be the solution? This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #ClimateChange #Aviation #BBCNews source

UK police have issued a statement on behalf of Russian spy Sergei Skripal’s daughter, the first since the pair were poisoned by a nerve agent in March. “I woke up over a week ago now and am glad to say my strength is growing daily,” the statement says. The news came hours after Russia TV aired a recording of an alleged phone conversation, which it says took place between Ms Skripal and her cousin. Ms Skripal, 33, and her father are in hospital in Salisbury after the attack. Mr Skripal, 66, remains critically ill but stable. Please subscribe HERE source

Conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has prompted concerns from the US that it risks turning into a wider regional war. The two sides have exchanged fire across the Lebanon-Israel border in recent weeks. Hezbollah said it is fighting Israel to support Hamas in Gaza. Israel’s military said that operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon had been “approved and validated”. The US sent its envoy to both sides of the border this week to try to resolve the conflict and to try and find diplomatic solution. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news…

The United Nations’ top court has ruled that Israel must “immediately halt its military offensive” in Rafah in southern Gaza. The International Court of Justice, which decides disputes between countries, says “the catastrophic situation” in Gaza had deteriorated and described humanitarian conditions in Rafah as “disastrous.”   The judges also said the Rafah border crossing with Egypt must be opened for the entry of humanitarian aid “at scale”. South Africa had asked the ICJ to make the order as an emergency measure, saying Israel’s actions in Rafah amount to a “genocidal” operation and threatened the survival of the Palestinian people.…

Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews British physicist Brian Cox is challenged by the presenter of Radio 4’s ‘Life Scientific’, Jim Al-Khalili, to explain the rules of quantum mechanics in just a minute. Brian succeeds; while conceding that the idea that everything is inherently probabilistic, is challenging. Even Einstein found it difficult. Subscribe to BBC News HERE Check out our website: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: source

It is notoriously difficult to piece together what is happening in Myanmar’s civil war. But the BBC has managed to construct a picture of what happened on the evening of 5 August through a series of exclusive interviews with more than a dozen Rohingya survivors who escaped to Bangladesh, and the videos they shared. All of the survivors – unarmed Rohingya civilians – recount hearing many bombs exploding over a period of two hours. While most described the bombs being dropped by drones, a weapon increasingly being used in Myanmar, some said they were hit by mortars and gunfire. Survivors’…

Turkey’s main opposition party has claimed big election victories in the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara. The results are a significant blow for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had hoped to regain control of the cities less than a year after he claimed a third term as president. He led the campaign to win in Istanbul, where he grew up and became mayor. But Ekrem Imamoglu, who first won the city in 2019, scored a second victory for the secular opposition CHP. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #BBCNews source

The UK’s data watchdog is assessing a report that staff at the hospital where Catherine, Princess of Wales had surgery tried to view her private health information. It has been claimed that staff at the London Clinic “attempted to access her private medical reports”. The Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) confirmed it received a “breach report” and is making inquiries. According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, an internal investigation has been launched at the hospital – which is frequently used by royals – after “at least one member of staff was said to have been caught trying to access” the princess’s…