It’s thought that more than 11 million people, including at least two million children, have had to flee their homes in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in February.

15-year-old Polina, her five-year-old sister, Taisiia, and their mum Svetlana, made the journey from Ukraine to the UK in search of a new life.

The BBC has been following the family’s journey and caught up with Polina as she started high school.

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BBC’s Tom Burridge looks at the situation in eastern Ukraine and how the conflict might develop.

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Three men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five migrants in the English Channel on Tuesday, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.

The men were detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the UK illegally.

Five people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel. The boat was carrying 112 people at the time of the tragedy.

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Columbia University has extended remote classes at its main New York City campus for the rest of term amid tense Gaza war protests that have spread to US colleges nationwide.

The hybrid learning comes as some students have reported antisemitic harassment around Columbia’s campus.

Some 133 were arrested on Monday in protests at New York University. Dozens of arrests were also made in rallies at Yale, while Harvard has restricted access to the campus.

Gaza war demonstrations have also cropped up at colleges in the US Midwest and on the West Coast, where one campus has been closed.

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A nine-year-old British boy has won a European championship with his uncanny impression of a seagull.

The EC Gull Screeching competition is held every year in an attempt to change the image of seagulls, which some people see as a nuisance.

Cooper, from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, travelled to the Belgian coastal town of De Panne to compete.

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