Ukraine claims more villages retaken but picture mixed
Map shows settlements reclaimed by Ukraine
As we've been reporting, Ukraine say its forces have reclaimed several settlements from Russian control since President Zelensky announced the start of his country's counter-offensive over the weekend.
The map below shows the four villages liberated since then: Storozheve, Blahodatne, Neskuchne and Makarivka. It should be noted that troops have also said they regained Novodarivka, in the Zaporizhzhia region, earlier this month.
It's worth us stating that the settlements recently retaken by Kyiv are relatively small - and that the BBC hasn't been able to independently verify these claims.
As we've been reporting, Ukraine say its forces have reclaimed several settlements from Russian control since President Zelensky announced the start of his country's counter-offensive over the weekend.
The map below shows the four villages liberated since then: Storozheve, Blahodatne, Neskuchne and Makarivka. It should be noted that troops have also said they regained Novodarivka, in the Zaporizhzhia region, earlier this month.
It's worth us stating that the settlements recently retaken by Kyiv are relatively small - and that the BBC hasn't been able to independently verify these claims.
Gold bars used to lure Chinese homebuyers amid market slowdown
Property developers struggle to rebuild confidence in housing market after three years of economic pain
Gold bars, new cars and mobile phones are among the incentives being offered to potential homebuyers by Chinese property developers as they grow increasingly desperate to boost sales.
Huafa Tianfu, a developer in the eastern city of Hangzhou, has been offering up to a kilo of gold bullion to tempt people into buying its flats.
According to local media reports, the amount of gold ranges from 700g of gold for an 89 sq metre flat, to just over 1kg for a 100 sq metre apartment. Property prices in the development range from 2.2m yuan (£245,500) to 2.5m yuan.
Nigeria: President urges forbearance as fuel subsidy ends
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has told the country that ending a long-standing fuel subsidy was a painful necessity. But the knock-on effects of the move are having a great impact on Nigerians' everyday lives.
Nigeria's new President Bola Tinubu on Monday called on Nigerians to accept the burden imposed by the removal of a popular gasoline subsidy, saying the decision would make money available for other important social sectors such as health care and education.
The subsidy had long kept consumer prices for petrol artificially low at a cost to the government of billions of dollars, leading to wider budget deficits and driving up public debt.
What has Tinubu said?
Speaking in a national broadcast for Nigeria's Democracy Day, Tinubu said: "Painfully, I have asked you, my compatriots, to sacrifice a little more for the survival of our country. For your trust and belief in us, I assure you that your sacrifice shall not be in vain."
Chinese aircraft monitored naval drill by U.S., France, Canada, Japan: report
China deployed a reconnaissance plane over Pacific waters east of Taiwan last week that Chinese media said monitored and gathered intelligence on an exercise involving the navies of the United States, Japan, France and Canada.
A Y-9 cargo aircraft variant fitted with intelligence-gathering equipment most likely monitored and collected intelligence on the exercise, Chinese state-backed Global Times reported on Sunday, citing analysts.
Two U.S. aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, had been operating around the geopolitically important Ryukyu Islands in the Philippine Sea since Thursday, Global Times cited a Beijing-based think tank as saying.
Saudi Arabia is now stealing sporting headlines as prince pursues global ambitions
Saudi Arabia has been in the headlines a lot lately – this time for trying to find its place in the sporting world.
It’s spending big money. In an announcement that shocked the sporting world on Tuesday, golf’s US-based PGA Tour announced a merger with its rival, the Saudi-backed LIV Golf and the Dubai-sponsored DP World Tour (formerly known as the European Tour), ending a feud that has dogged the men’s professional game for the past year.
The shock partnership has set tongues wagging in capitals and on links courses around the world.
Fear and Mayhem as Russia’s War Comes Home
Attacks from Ukraine have killed at least a dozen Russian civilians and displaced thousands. But they have not fundamentally changed the calculus for Vladimir Putin.
Roger Cohen and Nanna Heitmann traveled to Shebekino, Russia, to write and photograph this article.
Abandoned cats and dogs roam vacant streets lined with blasted apartment buildings, rubble and crumpled cars in Shebekino, a Russian border town pounded by shelling from Ukraine.
A hair salon still smoldered last week. Every window in the blackened carcass of the police headquarters was blown out. Almost all of the 40,000 inhabitants had fled, officials said.
“I need insulin! I need insulin!” cried Lyudmila Kosobuva, 56, who said she was taking care of a diabetic friend too old to move. Her eyes blazed. She was defiant. “We will not leave our land.”
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