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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were eyewitness accounts of civilians being deliberately targeted during Monday’s attack on the country’s second largest city. Rights groups also said war crimes may have occurred during Russia’s invasion. The International Criminal Court’s is looking to launch its own investigation into the allegations. Russia has previously denied targeting residential…… Read More

*** This film contains graphic content some viewers may find upsetting. *** Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F As former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic awaits his verdict on war crimes, Newsnight’s Mark Urban, in collaboration with BBC Our World, investigates his devastating legacy. #BBC #BBCNews #Newsnight Newsnight is the BBC’s flagship news and…… Read More

The White House is warning that a Russian attack on Ukraine may be imminent. After a huge build up of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, American officials say Moscow now has the capability to launch a major military operation, including an attack on the capital Kyiv. Moscow has practically encircled its smaller neighbour, with…… Read More

Think of the Freemasons and you probably think of a shadowy world of secret handshakes and dark allegations of corruption and even conspiracy. But how true is that? In a UK first Victoria Derbyshire reporter Claire Jones was given access to see exactly what goes on behind the scenes in the initiations, ceremonies and rituals…… Read More

Newsnight’s international editor Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Ukraine’s border with Belarus, where 20,000 Russian troops are stationed as the threat of war escalates. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Russia has some 100,000 troops near Ukraine – but denies planning to invade. The tensions come eight years after Russia annexed Ukraine’s southern Crimea peninsula and backed a…… Read More

Nearly three years ago, so-called Islamic State fighters swept through northern Iraq, where the country’s oldest ethnic minority were living – the Yazidis. Many of the men were shot, while the women and children were kidnapped, taken as hostage and raped. The Victoria Derbyshire programme’s reporter Fiona Lamdin has spent a couple of days with…… Read More

In an age of disinformation, with attention focused on online harms, is the illegal online wildlife trade getting the attention it deserves? Click’s undercover investigation tracks one illicit seller to his premises in Asia and reveals a global initiative trying to dent a £15 billion industry that is often fuelled by the illegal pet trade.…… Read More

After an unprecedented year of devastating cyber-attacks, an international push to track down hackers is under way. Cyber gangs are being arrested in multiple countries, but not Russia, which has historically ignored accusations of harbouring some of the worst cyber-criminals. BBC reporter Joe Tidy travelled to Russia to try to find the world’s most wanted…… Read More

Google, Apple and Facebook-owned Instagram are enabling an illegal online slave market by providing and approving apps used for the buying and selling of domestic workers in the Gulf. BBC News Arabic’s undercover investigation exposes app users in Kuwait breaking local and international laws on modern slavery, including a woman offering a child for sale.…… Read More

Landlords in West of England are offering free rent in return for sex, an investigation from BBC Inside Out West has found. The Ministry of Justice says this is illegal and even placing an advert is breaking the law and could result in a seven year jail term. But the BBC found examples of adverts…… Read More

Dubai – perhaps the best known city of the United Arab Emirates, with a reputation for attracting the glamorous and the wealthy. But what’s going on beneath the surface? The BBC’s Frank Gardner explains how not everything is as it seems. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog… Read More

The killing of George Floyd in the United States a year ago placed a sharp focus on police racism – not just in America but on law enforcement officers around the world. The death of Mr Floyd, an African-American man, at the hands of police officers in Minnesota, led to global protests against discrimination and…… Read More