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| | Russian paratroopers attack as war in Ukraine enters seventh day | |  | | | | | | | | | As the war - now entering its seventh day - continues to rage in Ukraine, Russian paratroopers are attacking the eastern European country’s second largest city - Kharkiv - after being parachuted in. A smaller southern city - Kherson - has reportedly fallen and Russia’s ally Belarus has doubled its troops on Ukraine's northern border. More than 600,000 people have fled, according to the UN, Russian planes are now banned from US airspace, and more Western companies are taking action. This includes Boeing, ExxonMobil and Apple, which has decided to stop sales and limit services in Russia. The country’s President Vladimir Putin has launched a "premeditated and unprovoked" war, US President Joe Biden said in a speech to Congress. Mr Putin "thought the West and Nato wouldn't respond" but he was "wrong", Mr Biden added, saying there’s "an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny".
The 40-mile Russian convoy shown on satellite images on Tuesday appears to have been hampered in certain places en route to Kyiv, according to the BBC’s Mark Lobel. Communities are continuing to rally together to help fleeing Ukrainians, with those along the border doing all they can to help them. However, the depiction of the war being reported by Russian state media is not what the many of us in the UK have been watching. They're being told a very different story. Russian TV announced that Ukraine was responsible for strikes on its own cities, which comes despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claiming war crimes have been committed during Russia’s airstrikes in Kharkiv on Tuesday. They killed at least 10 people, injuring dozens of others. Meanwhile, more details are emerging in the reportedly besieged city of Kharkiv, and in Kherson the mayor, Igor Kolykhayev, says: "The fighting is going on now, and the occupation of our city is under way." Keep up to date with developments on our live page.
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| | UK sanctions Belarus for Ukraine invasion role | | | | | | | | | Although Russia is the only country invading Ukraine, the UK has announced sanctions against one of its allies - Belarus . Belarus, as revealed earlier, has doubled its troops on Ukraine’s northern border and it had previously hosted joint military drills with Russia as Western leaders issued warnings about a possible attack on Ukraine. According to UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko had aided and abetted the invasion. As a result of this army chiefs have been targeted as part of the UK's first wave of sanctions. Four defence officials and two military enterprises are included. This comes despite Mr Lukashenko saying Belarus has no plans to join Russia's military operation in Ukraine, according to state news agency Belta. | | | | | |
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| | | "There are disparities in cancer rates across different ethnicities," according to Dr Katrina Brown, the author of a study which analysed three million cancer cases in England from 2013-17. It found people of black, Asian and mixed-heritage were much less likely to develop cancer than white people. But there are exceptions - prostate and blood cancer are two to three times more common in black people. It’s part of Cancer Research UK's analysis, which was published in the British Journal of Cancer. Read more here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Just over a week ago, Polina Boichuk was busy helping organise a technology-awards ceremony in Ukraine - but life has changed dramatically. "It's awful. This can't be happening - me, my family, my friends are all sitting in the basements around the country," she told BBC News. Consultancy company Truman had planned the awards ceremony for April and had invited press from around the world. Now, technology companies have a new priority - how to help the war effort.
"We don't think of tech conferences but only the safety and independence of our country," Ms Boichuk told BBC News. "All the tech companies and start-ups that were nominated for our project are fighting on the cyber-front now." Via a Google Meet, Stepan Veselovskyi, chief executive of Lviv IT Cluster, a tech community that unites nearly 200 companies in the city in western Ukraine, showed BBC News around his office - now full of key supplies such as medicines, bedding and food. | | | | | | | | | | | | Jane Wakefield | | Technology reporter | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | "Pray for Kyiv" says the Daily Mail, as Russian President Vladimir Putin warns people to "leave now" as he prepares to bombard Ukraine’s capital, reports the Times. The i reports on the "siege of Kyiv", while the Guardian covers the "desperate rush" of people trying to flee. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is pictured defiant in the Daily Mirror, which headlines with "nobody will break us". He’s also pleading with the West to "prevent genocide", according to the Daily Telegraph. The Financial Times meanwhile says China’s offering to play a "role as peacemaker". Read the newspaper review in full here. | | | | | |
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| | Need something different? | | | | | | | | | It was a hero’s welcome for Team GB’s gold-medal winning curler Vicky Wright. She’s back home from the Winter Olympics and has returned to her day job - as a nurse. The 28-year-old was cheered and clapped in at the start of her first shift back at a hospital in Falkirk. Read more here.
Next, to an 82-year-old who will deserve a medal after crossing the finishing line. Gina Harris is planning to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats in May. If successful, she’ll be the oldest woman to ride her bike the length of Britain. Here’s her story.
And finally, to some more winning performances but this time in the music industry. Adele's hit album 30 and The Weeknd's single Save Your Tears were the world's best-selling records of 2021. Tune in here to find out more. | | | | | |
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