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Hunter Biden’s lucrative work at a Ukrainian energy firm while his father was vice-president was “problematic”, a report by Republican senators says. But it found no evidence that US foreign policy was influenced by it. Hunter Biden’s presence on the…

A black box recorder recovered from a Ukrainian passenger jet mistakenly shot down by Iran in January captured a conversation in the cockpit moments after a missile strike, officials say. Data from the Boeing 737 indicated that the pilots and…

By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The devastating explosion in Beirut is a grim reminder of a deeply troubling fact: the thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate unsafely stored in that city’s port is not the only site at risk…

Ukraine offers remand cell upgrades – at a price By News from Elsewhere… …as found by BBC Monitoring The Ukrainian Justice Ministry is offering gift certificates for “luxury cells” in the country’s dire remand centres. The certificate is only valid…

Statue of Lenin given a Balkan makeover in Ukraine By News from Elsewhere… …as found by BBC Monitoring As statues around the world get toppled and vandalised, one Ukrainian village has found a creative approach to its historical legacy. The…

A stand-off in Ukraine has ended with security forces freeing 13 hostages from a bus and detaining the gunman after hours of talks, officials say. Pictures showed the gunman lying on the ground after his arrest in the city of…

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Iran has sent the black box of a Ukrainian passenger plane which was accidentally downed in Tehran earlier this year to France. All 176 people on board were killed when the plane was hit by two missiles shortly after take-off…

Live TV can throw up all sorts of potential hurdles – technical glitches, unpredictable guests and knowing that there is no take two. But Marichka Padalko, a news anchor on Ukraine, faced an usual problem this week when part of…

Iran has said the misalignment of air defence equipment was responsible for the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January. In a report released on Saturday, the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran (CAOI) blamed “human error” and poor…