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A reported attack on a Russian town comes after Ukraine said Moscow had launched a new attack on Kyiv.

Although the Pelicot trial is over, some questions remain over the case that shook France.

Footage from German broadcaster MDR shows police confronting a man lying on the floor by a car.

The sentences range from three to sixteen years, in a case which started with an online hate campaign.

Matteo Salvini was accused of kidnap and dereliction of duty for refusing to let a rescue boat dock in 2019.

The alleged attacker, 19, was a former pupil with a history of mental health issues, officials say.

So far 18 people have been rescued from the sea with many of the survivors suffering from injuries after the incident.

Marcin Romanowski is facing 11 charges in Poland, including being accused of defrauding the state.

The French president spoke to residents on Mayotte while touring the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido.

France's president pays tribute to her strength in the trial of her husband and 50 other men.

The French President extends his visit to the archipelago as thousands remain without water.

The ex-husband - who is under investigation for other attacks - has a divided personality, a doctor finds.

Five other men received sentences of between four and eight years for extorting the French footballer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was speaking at an annual end-of-year press conference.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was speaking at an annual end-of-year press conference.

The 72-year-old's ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, was earlier sentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated rape.

Putin tells an end-of-year press conference there should have been "systemic preparation" for the full-scale invasion.

Judges have delivered verdicts on the defendants in a case that turned a 72-year-old woman into a feminist icon.

The EU wants a trade deal with four South American nations, but France is strongly opposed.

A 29-year-old Uzbekistan citizen admits he was recruited by Ukraine's special services, Russia claims.

The verdicts aren't yet in - but the trial has already started changing the conversations around consent in the country and beyond.

The BBC's Analysis Editor, along with BBC Verify, takes a look at material from the scene to assess what we know.

Attacks on Russian figures have become more brazen as Ukrainian special services penetrate security in Moscow.

Kirillov, who has been killed in Moscow, was accused by the West of overseeing the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Rescuers search through debris after the French Indian Ocean territory was hit by the worst storm in 90 years.