"Your husband's being tortured, and it's your fault". Ukrainian officials say Russia is using POWs it holds in captivity as leverage to recruit families in Ukraine as saboteurs. 📰 Article for @BBCNews website👇.Thanks @paulprad90, @DannyWittenberg + team.

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The Moscow Stock Exchange Index has just risen sharply following Donald Trump’s announcement on measures against Russia. Analysts say this may be due to the fact that investors were expecting Mr Trump to pledge even harsher measures.

In a statement, he said he didn't recognise the court's authority. The move comes as another celebrated author & Kremlin critic was put on a police wanted list. Dmitry Bykov, who lives in the US, is accused of spreading "fake" info about the Russian army's actions in Ukraine.

One of Russia's most popular writers has been sentenced in absentia to fourteen years in prison on charges of justifying terrorism. Boris Akunin, a famous crime novelist who lives in exile in London, is an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine.

. the fathers signed contracts to go and fight in Ukraine, despite their advanced age. It's not clear where the dads are now.

It's not clear what the boys were initially detained for. After activists and journalists began raising the alarm at the beg of July, the boys' relatives were allowed access. It's not clear what happened at the police station, but the boys were then released. But only after. .

Russian human rights org Memorial reports a shocking case in Chechnya.Three 16-yr-old schoolboys were detained by police & held in a police station in Grozny for over 6 months, without charges or contact with lawyers/relatives. Their fathers were forced to sign up to fight in Ukr.

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The customs officer had refused to allow rancid rice to be imported into the DRC from neighbouring Rwanda. Pope Leo beatified Mr Kositi three weeks ago, praising him as a "martyr who preferred love for others over his own life." He could now become Congo's first Catholic saint.

The remains of a slain Congolese customs worker beatified last month by the Vatican have been transferred to a cathedral in the city of Goma.Hundreds of Catholics gathered at a cathedral to pay tribute to Floribert Kositi who was kidnapped & killed in 2007 after rejecting a bribe.

Breaking news:. Time of Receipt: 16:22 GMT on 08 July 2025. Trump says Putin talking 'a lot of bullshit' on Ukraine. dk/sms.

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Israel says the GHF's system provides direct assistance to people who need it, bypassing Hamas interference.

. the controversial Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operations on 27 May. The number of patients treated since then in the last functioning hospital in the area has surpassed the total seen in all mass casualty events during the entire previous year.

The International Red Cross says there has been a sharp surge in injuries and deaths in Gaza linked to aid distribution sites. The ICRC described the health system in Gaza as "shattered" and "overwhelmed" by the rise in mass casualty incidents since. .