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Kenya’s President denounces anti-government unrest, saying protesters who use violence should be shot in the legs. Also, Nvidia becomes world's first company valued at 4 trillion dollars, and a new Barbie with diabetes. 

After President Trump's criticism of Putin, Russia launches major attack on Ukraine, in heaviest single bombardment of the war. Also: Taiwan begins biggest war games, and what do emojis say about us? 

President Trump and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have met for a 2nd time to discuss efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. Also: King Charles and president Macron toast “ever closer” UK-France ties. 

A Russian missile attack killed more than 50 people and injured more than 219 in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine. 

A Russian drone struck a residential tower in Odessa, a port city in southern Ukraine, killing two people and injuring at least 14, including three children 

Russia has launched a series of missile strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine, including a children's hospital in Kyiv. Kateryna Malofieieva, a Times journalist who witnessed one of the attacks, and Matthew Savill from the Royal United Services Institute in London give us their ... Show More

Day 899.Today, we continue to bring you updates and analysis of Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russia’s Kursk region, we report on the rise of war tourism & bring you new, important details about the missile that Russia fired at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv last month. ... Show More

Ukraine just launched an attack on Russia's Kursk nuclear reactors inside Russia. Americans are scrambling right now trying to get out of Lebanon as the US is bracing for a wider war with Israel.  

NATO leaders gather in Washington DC, with the defence of Ukraine top of their agenda. We hear from a mother whose 12-year-old son survived Russia's missile attack on Kyiv's children's hospital on Monday. Also in the programme: a Democratic congressman defends the beleaguered US ... Show More

President Joe Biden is to allow Ukraine to launch strikes inside Russia using American-supplied long-range missiles, according to reports.