The Kremlin is tightening its grip over what Russians can do and see online, making it harder for outlets like the BBC to reach their audiences.

For the past 80 years BBC Russian has sought to bypass those restrictions, which for decades featured jamming of its short-wave radio broadcasts and now involve blocking its website.

The latest restrictions in Russia have included widespread mobile internet outages and a reported plan to block the Telegram news and messaging app.

On 24 March 1946

A packed waiting room, doctors under pressure, mental health crises. It could be any day in a UK A&E department. But this is the US. More specifically, it's smash-hit medical drama The Pitt, which is American slang for the emergency room (spelt "pit"). And it's just landed on our shores.

A gripping fast-paced drama

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity".

Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western nations was "built on stolen lives and stolen labour".

Noting the "barbaric punishments that maintained control - from shackles and iron collars to flogging and sexual violence"

Silicon Valley is reeling from the seismic verdict delivered by an LA jury on Wednesday.

Tech giants Meta and YouTube were found to be liable for designing their platforms to be addictive, which harmed a 20-year-old's mental health.

The plaintiff at the heart of the case was only known by her first

A majority of the American public, polls suggest, have been against the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign in Iran from the day it started.

Republicans, however, have largely stuck by their president as the war approaches the end of its fourth week.

But that may be changing.

At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas, some of the party

The president of the Maldives has formally told the UK that it does not recognise the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

President Mohamed Muizzu's office told the BBC the Maldives had expressed its opposition to the "deeply concerning" deal in two written objections and a phone call with Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy.

The nation of

Within a decade, Zhang Xuefeng became one of the most recognisable names among China's youth.

With more than 26 million followers on Douyin, China's domestic version of TikTok, the 41-year-old was among the country's most prominent influencers - even while building his reputation in a niche field. By offering students and parents advice on university applications and choice of majors, he sought to help them achieve what many view as an all

When Geumseong's phone rang on Christmas Eve 2020, he answered nervously.

The previous year he'd made the perilous journey to escape from North to South Korea, using an international underground network of safe houses and brokers.

Eventually his mother's voice came from the speaker: "Geumseong, Geumseong, can you see me?"

Eunhee could hardly get her words out through sobs as her teenage son clasped his hand to his

A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly planning to carry out a "violent attack" against a New York-based pro-Palestinian activist, authorities say.

Activist Nerdeen Kiswani said in a statement on X that federal authorities had informed her on Thursday that "a plot against my life" was about to take place.

Authorities said Alexander Heifler had been taken into