But the suggestion is highly theoretical. As Zelensky pointed out, no-one has yet made such an offer. Whether Nato would ever consider such a move is highly doubtful. “Ukraine has never considered such a proposal, because no-one has officially offered it to us,” Zelensky said. Nato would need to offer …

As the Russian defence minister makes an unannounced visit to Pyongyang and Ukraine claims that North Korean troops are in Russia and ready to support Russia’s military – our Analysis Editor Ros Atkins, along with BBC Verify, has been looking at what we know about North Korea’s alleged involvement in …

The collapse of the spire was the climax of the 2019 fire. Many people thought it was medieval, but in fact the original was taken down in the 1790s because it was deemed dangerous. Its replacement, which burned down five years ago, was put up decades later as part of …

Since 2012, Georgia has been governed by the Georgian Dream party, which critics have accused of trying to move the country away from the EU and closer to Russia. The party claimed victory in last month’s election, but opposition MPs are boycotting the new parliament, alleging fraud, while the country’s …

The Yi Peng Three left the Russian port of Ust-Luga, west of St Petersburg, on 15 November. Early on 17 November, the Arelion cable between the Swedish island of Gotland and Lithuania was damaged. The following day, the C-Lion 1 cable between the Finnish capital Helsinki and the German port …

Georgescu won 23% of the vote, with 19% for the runner up, Elena Lasconi, of the opposition Save Romania Union. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the governing Social Democrats came third. The Central Election Bureau must now decide how to carry out the recount, with what personnel, and by what …

Cathedral clergy also celebrated certain “miraculés” – miraculous survivors. These include the 14th Century statue in the choir known as the Virgin of the Pillar, which narrowly avoided being crushed by falling masonry. Sixteen massive copper statues of the Apostles and Evangelists, which surrounded the spire, were brought down for …

A nationwide air raid alert was sounded in Ukraine early on Thursday, with reports of explosions in several cities. The Ukrainian air force said in a Telegram post at 05:19 local time (03:19 GMT) that the alert was in force “throughout the territory of Ukraine due to the threat of …

Russian officials say the updated doctrine “effectively eliminates” the possibility of its defeat on the battlefield. But is Russia’s nuclear arsenal fully functional? Some Western experts have suggested its weapons mostly date from the Soviet era, and might not even work. The former nuclear forces officer rejected that opinion as …

The aircraft departed from DHL’s hub at Leipzig Airport in Germany just after 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT) and crashed around an hour and a half later, according to data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24. Flight operations are continuing ay Vilnius airport as authorities respond to the crash, Flightradar24 said on …

Late on Sunday night, reports emerged that outgoing US President Joe Biden had given Ukraine permission to use longer-range ATACMS missiles to strike targets inside Russia. The move marked a major policy change by Washington – which for months had refused Ukraine’s requests to use the missiles beyond its own …

This week’s escalation has also prompted several warnings from other world leaders about the direction of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the war was entering a decisive stage – with a real risk of global conflict. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meanwhile said …

Officers in the southern Netherlands have found a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg (4lb) and made of the drug MDMA. “Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things,” Dongemond Police said in a translated social media post. The gnome was found …

On Thursday, the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was hit by a Russian air strike which eyewitnesses described as unusual, triggering explosions that went on for three hours. The attack included a strike by a missile so powerful that in the aftermath Ukrainian officials said it bore the characteristics of an …

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By Friday there had been no official reaction in Algeria to the French concerns. Former prime minister Edouard Philippe said he was “profoundly worried… [Sansal] embodies all that we cherish. He stands for reason, freedom and humanism against the forces of censorship, corruption and Islamism”. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen …

Serbia’s former construction minister was among those arrested. Goran Vesic resigned in the days following the collapse of the canopy at the recently renovated station. But he denied any culpability. “I cannot accept guilt for the deaths,” he said as he announced he was standing down, “because I, and the …

The Pentagon’s deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said the US had been notified “briefly” before the missile was launched through Nuclear Risk Reduction channels – which are used to exchange information on issues including missile launch notifications. Putin said a “test” was successfully carried out on a non-nuclear hypersonic version …

Antoine Gallimard, of the publishing firm, said that the writer was being made “the target of a campaign of violent defamation orchestrated by certain media close to the Algerian government. “Houris was certainly inspired by the tragic events which happened in Algeria … but its plot, its characters and its …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korea’s main zoo more than 70 animals, including a lion and two brown bears, in yet another display of burgeoning relations between Moscow and Pyongyang. Putin’s environment minister, Alexander Kozlov, brought the animals to the North Korean capital on board a cargo plane, …