
-
Germany's ex-foreign minister Baerbock chosen to lead UN Assembly
-
German court rules against migration crackdown in blow to Merz
-
Djokovic cruises into record 19th French Open quarter-final
-
Swiss glacier collapse could cost huge sums: insurers
-
Stocks retreat over trade row; oil surges on geopolitical risks
-
Greenpeace steals Macron wax figure for anti-Moscow protest
-
Kenyan rights campaigner speaks of Tanzania sexual torture
-
Ukraine, Russia agree another prisoner exchange, but no ceasefire
-
German court rules border pushbacks of asylum seekers are illegal
-
Nationalist victory spells trouble for Poland's Tusk
-
Milky Way may not be destroyed in galactic smash-up after all
-
All grown up: Andreeva 'mentally and physically' stronger at French Open
-
France's upper house debates fast-fashion bill
-
Gauff returns to French Open quarters, vows to 'keep fighting'
-
Iran says no nuclear deal if deprived of 'peaceful activities'
-
Zverev ready for 'best in world' at French Open
-
Mali army camp and airport in Timbuktu targeted in attack
-
Boisson in French Open shock as Gauff, Andreeva make quarters
-
How Poland's election result could impact EU
-
UK registers warmest spring on record: weather service
-
France's 361st-ranked Boisson shocks Pegula to reach French Open quarters
-
Stocks fall over trade row; oil rises on geopolitical risks
-
Greenpeace steals Macron wax figure for anti-Russia protest
-
Russia, Ukraine swap peace roadmaps at Istanbul talks
-
France's Boisson shocks Pegula to reach French Open quarters
-
Foreign trio help Egyptian club Pyramids become African champions
-
As Tesla stalls across Europe, sales rise in Norway
-
'Brave' Bright missed: England's Bronze
-
UN chief calls for probe into deaths near Gaza aid site
-
South Africa's Klaasen retires from international cricket
-
Frustrated Verstappen admits fault for Russell collision in Spain
-
Massive plume of ash, gas spews from Italy's Mount Etna
-
New hope for patients with less common breast cancer
-
Amazon price rules anti-competitive: German regulator
-
Gauff and Andreeva sweep into French Open quarters
-
EU hits food delivery company Delivery Hero with 329 mn-euro-fine
-
Spain records highest May temperature on record
-
Stocks, dollar decline as Trump ups steel tariffs
-
'Hell of a match': Andreeva ousts Kasatkina to reach French Open quarters
-
Andreeva ousts Kasatkina to reach French Open quarter-finals
-
Low turnout marks Mexico's unique vote for judges held under shadow of crime
-
French court tries ex-bosses of Ubisoft over sex harassment
-
Salvadoran President Bukele says go ahead and call him 'dictator'
-
South Korea presidential candidates rally in final campaign stretch
-
Ukraine says ready for 'necessary steps' at Istanbul talks with Russia
-
Hajj pilgrims gather in Mecca under scorching desert sun
-
UK to build attack subs as part of major defence review
-
Iraq probes fish die-off in southern marshes
-
Punjab stand in way of Kohli's IPL dream as new winners await
-
Russia, Ukraine in Istanbul for fresh peace talks
CMSC | -0.92% | 22.017 | $ | |
RIO | -0.17% | 59.31 | $ | |
GSK | 0.86% | 41.38 | $ | |
NGG | 0.35% | 71.67 | $ | |
BCC | -2.98% | 84.112 | $ | |
SCS | -1.53% | 10.15 | $ | |
RBGPF | 3.64% | 67.9 | $ | |
CMSD | 0.05% | 22.13 | $ | |
RYCEF | 0.26% | 11.68 | $ | |
RELX | 0.39% | 54.12 | $ | |
JRI | -0.12% | 12.914 | $ | |
BCE | 2.11% | 22.255 | $ | |
BTI | 0.58% | 45.415 | $ | |
VOD | 0.39% | 10.38 | $ | |
BP | 1.81% | 29.625 | $ | |
AZN | -1.03% | 72.089 | $ |

Russia's hastily abandoned positions near Kharkiv
On a small hill around a dozen kilometres (seven miles) from Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, some burnt-out vehicles lie abandoned. Nearby in the woodland undergrowth are the former positions of Russian troops.
The ground is strewn with empty green and white ration tins bearing the star logo of the Russian army.
It is unclear how long the soldiers had been there but they left on March 24 when Ukraine launched its counter-offensive and pushed them back towards the Russian border and retook Mala Rogan.
On the hilltop, a smashed-up armoured personnel carrier is emblazoned with the "Z" that characterises Russian vehicles.
A few hundred metres (yards) further down the side of the hill are two immobile tanks. The soldiers had set up positions in the undergrowth, digging shallow trenches and erecting makeshift shelters with sandbags. There is a frying pan on one of them and kindling outside.
There are no corpses to be seen but Ukrainian troops had already visited the site and there may have been victims.
Craters made by bombs and mortar shells however are visible.
The Russians appear to have left in great haste, abandoning many belongings -- pans and dirty cutlery, a shoe, sleeping bags, razors, toothbrushes, plastic boxes, jackets, rucksacks, T-shirts, a pack of cards, fruits in brandy, even a sports car seat.
Strangely, even though there are numerous empty boxes of rocket ammunition and grenades, and some cluster munitions, there are no rifle or automatic weapon cartridges.
Perhaps a sign of their youth and inexperience, the soldiers also left behind firing instructions -- laminated information sheets stuck on wooden boards giving correct firing distances and information on how to use grenades.
At another site, a list of soldiers' names is found, written in pencil. Several were born after 2000.
M.A.Colin--AMWN