'It is not just Ukraine we are protecting'
The foreigners and expats taking up arms to fight Russia
Updated 1212 GMT (2012 HKT) March 4, 2022
The gray asphalt road that leads to Ukraine's Shehyni border crossing with Poland has for the past week seen 30-mile tailbacks as people try to flee the country, often saying tearful goodbyes to the family members and friends staying behind to fight the Russian invasion.
Agribusiness giants tried to thwart EU deforestation plan after Cop26 pledge
Firms sought to weaken draft EU law banning food imports linked to deforestation eight days after vowing to accelerate action
Five of the world’s biggest agribusiness firms sought to weaken a draft EU law banning food imports linked to deforestation, eight days after pledging to accelerate their forest protection efforts at Cop26, documents seen by the Guardian show.
Forest protection hopes had been raised when the CEOs of 10 food companies with a combined revenue of nearly $500bn (£373bn) vowed to “accelerate sector-wide action” towards eliminating commodity-driven deforestation as the climate summit began on 2 November.
Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and the companies promised a supply chain reform plan to peg global heating to 1.5C by November 2022.
Stocks sink, gas and oil prices soar over escalation fears in Ukraine
Global stock markets fell across the board Friday and energy prices soared as investors feared the risk of an escalation after Russia attacked the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Europe's main stock markets plunged more than three percent for much of the day after Asian indices closed sharply lower.
Wall Street followed suit, with the Dow dropping by more than one percent in early trading.
The euro sank close to a two-year low under $1.10 as the Ukraine conflict clouds the eurozone's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Ghosn calls Kelly's guilty verdict 'face saving' for prosecutors, Nissan
Former Nissan Motor Co CEO Carlos Ghosn on Thursday criticized the guilty verdict handed to his former aide Greg Kelly by a Tokyo court for helping him underreport his remuneration, saying it was a "face-saving" judgement for the prosecutors and Japanese automaker.
In an online interview with Kyodo News, Ghosn also condemned the Tokyo District Court's description of him as the "chief culprit in the case," saying the fact that the judge made such a determination about a person not on trial showed the "arrogance" of Japan's justice system.
It was "very sad to see the judge comment on me in my absence," Ghosn said, speaking in Lebanon where he fled from Tokyo in late 2019 after he jumped bail following his arrest in November 2018.
Dozens killed as mosque bombed in northwest Pakistan
The explosion occurred as worshippers gathered at the Kucha Risaldar mosque in Peshawar’s old city for Friday prayers.
A powerful bomb has exploded inside a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens more, many of them critically.
The explosion occurred as worshippers had gathered in the Kucha Risaldar mosque in Peshawar’s old city area for Friday prayers.
Hospital officials said at least 56 people were killed, revising an earlier toll of 30 dead. At least 194 people were reported wounded.
Ukraine war: 'My city's being shelled, but mum won’t believe me'
By Maria Korenyuk and Jack Goodman
World Service Disinformation Team
Oleksandra and her four rescue dogs have been sheltering in the bathroom of her flat in Kharkiv since the shelling began.
"When I heard the first explosions, I ran out of the house to get my dogs from their enclosures outside. People were panicking, abandoning their cars. I was so scared," she says.
The 25-year-old has been speaking regularly to her mother, who lives in Moscow. But in these conversations, and even after sending videos from her heavily bombarded hometown, Oleksandra is unable to convince her mother about the danger she is in.
"I didn't want to scare my parents, but I started telling them directly that civilians and children are dying," she says.
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