16 Jun 2026

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'It was surreal': British couple describe having warning shots fired near them by Russian warship

The retired couple tell BBC Newsnight they tried to show the warship they had changed course before the shots were fired.

16 Jun 2026 9:44pm GMT

Russian artist and Putin critic shot dead in Poland

Robert Kuzovkov, who used the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, has been known for his caricatures of politicians including Vladimir Putin.

16 Jun 2026 5:33pm GMT

France's oldest female detainee, 79, goes on trial for in-law's grisly murder

A dismembered body found in a chain-bound trunk in the Seine in 1995 was only recently connected to the defendant by DNA evidence.

16 Jun 2026 2:46pm GMT