Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian capital and setting columns of thick smoke billowing high into the sky.

Seventeen people were wounded in the Moscow region, according to local governor Andrei Vorobyov.

Almost 1,000 drones and four Ukrainian cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed across the country in 24 hours, Russia's defence ministry was quoted as

A former Ugandan mayor and lawyer representing detained opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who is on trial for treason, has himself been charged with a treason-related offence.

Erias Lukwago appeared before a magistrate's court in the capital Kampala looking visibly weak, local media reported, days after he was arrested at his home.

He denied the charges of failure to report treason and was remanded in prison until next week when his case will be heard.

His arrest on

An Ecuadorean man, who police accuse of leading a faction of one of the country's most feared criminal gangs, has been shot dead as he was leaving the airport in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil.

Security footage shows two young men waiting outside the arrivals terminal holding stuffed toys and flowers before one of them approaches the victim, pulls his gun from behind a teddy and shoots him point-

The pop star Lil Nas X has said he is "doing much better" and feels "less fear in my heart" after a mental health episode that culminated in his arrest last August.

In a moving, three-minute video statement , the musician shared that he had "been in rehab for a few months", after which he returned home to Atlanta to be with his family.

The Grammy Award-winner was eligible

Explosions and gunfire have been heard coming from the airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, residents have told the BBC.

"I heard the first gunshots at 06:00 (05:00 local time) while I was at the mosque. But the current situation is under control," one person said.

The gunfire, which lasted for two hours, came from

Apple plans to raise the prices of its products as the cost of the memory chips it uses has surged, the technology giant's boss has said.

Tim Cook, Apple's outgoing chief executive, told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that price increases were "unavoidable" as the situation around memory chips had become "unsustainable".

He did not say when prices would rise or which products would be affected. It

Bird flu has killed thousands of southern elephant seal pups on remote Antarctic islands belonging to Australia, new research has shown.

Heard and McDonald Islands, about 4,000 km (2,485 miles) south-west of Australia, are home to over one million breeding seabirds and seals.

Scientists, using data from last October and this January, estimate about 13,000 baby seals from a group of 17,

The presidents of the US and Iran have signed an initial peace deal aiming to end the war, allowing it to immediately take effect.

The agreement includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a $300bn (£224bn) plan for Iran's "reconstruction", and the US terminating "all types of sanctions" on Iran.

But the issue of Iran's nuclear programme, the main reason stated by the US for the conflict

An 18-year-old man has died after falling from a horse-drawn carriage in New York City, police have said.

The teenager, identified locally as a tourist from India, was riding on the carriage in Central Park with three others when the driver stepped away to take a picture of the group, police told US media.

The horse then bolted, before clipping another carriage and toppling over, footage showed.

The critically injured young man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.