This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Moscow’s court has sentenced journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who protested live on air against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to 8.5 years in jail. The 45-year-old, who was tried in absentia, was found guilty of “spreading knowingly false information”…

Click to expand A quick guide to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Cricket fever is back, with the World Cup about to start. If you don’t know your one-day thriller from your five-day marathon, or England’s chances of retaining the trophy, here’s what you need to know. The World Cup is the biggest international event…

Ipswich Town Football Club players sang to their highest-profile supporter Ed Sheeran in the dressing room on a night where they returned to the top of the Championship table. The global megastar – who is currently on a three-week break from a US stadium tour – joined in with one of his own songs, Perfect.…

By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter Victoria Beckham has spoken candidly about husband David’s highly-publicised alleged affair, describing it as the “hardest period” of their marriage. The couple have previously denied claims that he had an affair while playing for Real Madrid in 2003. “It was the hardest period for us because it felt like the…

Two backpackers had a narrow escape when a Lithium-ion battery exploded at a Sydney hostel. The fire is thought to have been caused by a faulty e-bike battery which was charging, the New South Wales fire department said. It deployed six fire engines and 22 firefighters to the scene. One of the backpackers required treatment…

Backers of HS2 – even those who do believe things could have been done better along the way – will view this as a squandered opportunity to better connecting the country, create jobs, and create more space on the rail network for both passenger and freight services. They will warn that Britain’s reputation as a…

Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the UK – it supplies half of Belfast’s drinking water and 40% of Northern Ireland’s overall. And, for several months, it has been becoming increasingly green and toxic. A blue-green algal bloom over the summer has caused havoc, not just in Lough Neagh but right up to…

By Frances Mao BBC News Pakistan’s government has ordered all unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers – an estimated 1.7 million people – to leave the country by November. A spike in militant attacks along the two countries’ border this year has escalated tensions. Pakistan has blamed border crossing attacks on Afghanistan-based operatives – charges denied by…

One of the most-watched fraud trials in years is about to begin in New York. In the dock is Sam Bankman-Fried, who once owned a $32bn business and seemed to have the world at his feet. The 31-year-old was a dishevelled-looking whizzkid who had A-listers lining up to endorse and invest in his crypto exchange,…

By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore A photo of two Chinese female athletes that made an inadvertent reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre has been censored on Chinese social media. The race numbers for Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni form ’64’ – a common allusion to the incident which happened on 4 June. Discussions of…