Getty Images By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Unilever has said it will let Russian employees be conscripted to be sent to Ukraine if they are called up. The consumer goods giant, which has about 3,000 employees in Russia, has policies that cover the well-being and safety of its workers. However, in a letter…

Video shows the inside of Odesa’s historic Transfiguration Cathedral, after Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian port city. At least one person was killed and 19 more injured in the strikes, according to officials. Russia has been launching near constant attacks on Odesa since it withdrew from a landmark grain deal on Monday. This video has…

Reuters By Tom Bateman & Malu Cursino BBC News, Jerusalem and London Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had emergency surgery to fit a pacemaker, after being taken to hospital on Saturday night. Doctors at Sheba Medical Centre said the procedure went well and he is not in a life-threatening condition. Mr Netanyahu’s hospitalisation comes…

AFP The military government in Mali has adopted a new constitution that enhances the powers of the president and the armed forces. It also creates a senate and demotes French from an official to a working language. Mali has been ruled by a junta since 2020. The opposition movement has denounced the reforms, which the…

John Miller By Charley Adams BBC News Tourists have been left in limbo after wildfires spreading across the Greek island of Rhodes forced thousands to flee their hotels. One family has resorted to sleeping on mattresses on the floor in a hotel conference room, while others are desperately searching for alternative accommodation. More than 3,500…

Getty Images By Malu Cursino BBC News British pop-rock band The 1975 has cancelled upcoming concerts in Indonesia and Taiwan after its gig in Malaysia was controversially cut short. Lead singer Matty Healy attacked Malaysia’s anti-LGBT laws on Friday and kissed bass player Ross MacDonald on stage – the band was swiftly banned from playing…

Ukraine operational command south At least one person has been killed and 19 more injured in fresh Russian missile strikes on the port city of Odesa, officials have said. Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said 14 people were hospitalised in the blasts, including four children. The historical Transfiguration Cathedral was also damaged by the strikes, the…

PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Madrid Spaniards go to the polls on Sunday in a general election that offers a choice of two starkly contrasting visions. Socialist Pedro Sánchez has been prime minister since 2018. He hopes his government’s social reforms, crisis management and handling of a strongly performing economy will persuade voters…

Fires have been spreading across the Greek Island of Rhodes, resulting in tourists being evacuated from a number of hotels. In some cases, private boats have been helping the coastguard rescue people from beaches as wildfires approached. According to one of Greece’s top meteorologists, this could turn into one of the country’s hottest July weekends…

Getty Images By Jasmine Andersson BBC News BBC presenter Evan Davis has revealed how he learned on the day of his wedding that his seriously ill father had taken his own life. Speaking to the Sunday Times, he said 92-year-old Quintin had left a note saying his “system is closing down” and he had “no…