Ukraine war: How a BBC journalist's family escaped the country
After BBC Monitoring's Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko spoke about the dangers the war in Ukraine posed to his family in Zaporizhzhia, two people who heard his story on the BBC Ukrainecast podcast worked together to rescue his mother and severely disabled aunt from the country.
Following a 35 hour journey, that spanned 2,000 miles (3,218km) and crossed five countries, Vitaly was reunited with family members as they arrived in Reading, and was able to thank the man who aided their rescue.
Pakistan ‘inches away’ from civil unrest after ousting of Imran Khan
Former PM is accused of creating wave of public anger that could prove difficult to control
Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen
On Tuesday, two days after Imran Khan had been ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister in a dramatic no-confidence vote, Noor Alam Khan – a politician and former member of Khan’s party – was eating dinner at a restaurant when he was confronted by another diner.
The man began shouting “traitor”, “American agent” and “turncoat” and then lunged over to punch Khan, who had been attempting to ignore him. In the middle of the restaurant, the politician and the angry voter began to brawl, with food and tables going flying.
For Noor Khan, who was among the dozens of members of Imran Khan’s supporters who recently switched sides and voted against him in the no-confidence vote, the incident was the culmination of mounting abuse he has faced in recent weeks from the former prime minister’s supporters.
Three injured in clash between police and protesters over planned Quran burnings in Sweden
‘We have seen violent riots before but this is something else,’ says Sweden’s national police chief
Three people were injured as protesters clashed with police in Sweden after right-wing extremists burned the Quran, leading to unrest in several towns over the Easter weekend.
Protesters who were hit by police bullets in the city of Norrkoping were taken to hospital. “Three people seem to have been hit by ricochets and are now being cared for in hospital. All three injured are arrested on suspicion of crime,” the authorities said.
Riots erupted in several parts of the country following demonstrations organised by Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Stram Kurs or Hard Line. The extremist leader is reportedly known for his anti-Islam acts and had permission to hold a series of demonstrations across Sweden during the weekend.
Who's next? Lithuanians prepare for potential Russian aggression
Lithuanians are anxiously following events in Ukraine. Many are preparing for a worst case scenario and some are training to take up arms against Russia.
Fire away! And the shooting begins. For three years now, Paulius Liskauskas has been training for the worst-case scenario. These days, that scenario has never felt so close, the 39-year-old Lithuanian told DW.
"I actually wanted to join the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union in 2014 after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and gave the first signs of this war against Ukraine," he said. "Even back then, Russian state propaganda had Lithuania in its sights. To us, that means we could be next."
Along with Liskauskas, a dozen other men and two women are also having a go on the weapons. This is all happening in darkened room on the first floor of a small building in the pedestrian zone in Marijampole, a city in the south of Lithuania.
Israel coalition faces new split over Jerusalem violence
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is working to hold his fractious coalition together after a split on the right and an Arab-Israeli party's threat to quit over violence in Jerusalem.
Right-winger Bennett, a key figure in Israel's settlement movement, last year ended 12 continuous years of rule by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier.
To do so, the former tech tycoon brought together an unlikely grouping united by little other than their opposition to Netanyahu.
Bullied junior high school girl froze to death to escape torment
By DAIJIRO HONDA/ Staff Writer
A third party committee investigating suspicions of bullying at a junior high school in this northern Japan city concluded that a 14-year-old girl found frozen to death had been subjected to gross acts of harassment by older students.
Saaya Hirose was found dead from exposure in March 2021 after confiding in a friend she wanted to die. The second-year junior high school student went missing the previous month.
The committee set up by the local education board said in an interim report released April 15 that acts of bullying occurred between April and June 2019, shortly after Hirose entered junior high school.
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What we're covering
- Russia bombarded cities across Ukraine on Monday, with at least four missile strikes reported in the western city of Lviv and at least seven killed.
- Control of Kreminna, a town in the eastern Luhansk region, has been "lost" amid heavy fighting, a Ukrainian official said. The development comes as both Ukraine and Russia's defense ministry report widespread military action in the east over the past 24 hours.
- Ukrainian forces are continuing to resist Russian attacks in the southeastern port city of Mariupol after rejecting a deadline to surrender. Officials say Russia has been bombarding the Azovstal steel plant, a bastion of the Ukrainian defense, as Moscow threatens to eliminate resistance.
- An adviser to Mariupol's mayor said Russian forces announced the besieged city would be closed for entry and exit Monday, warning men remaining in the city would be "filtered ou
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