A Ukrainian man is on trial in Hamburg after being accused of blowing up Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines to Germany, four years after one of the most dramatic acts of sabotage in modern European history.

Prosecutors say Serhii Kuznetsov played a leading role in a team of saboteurs that destroyed the pipelines, accusing him of a war crime. His defence has called for the case to be dismissed.

BBC Berlin Correspondent Jessica Parker has been looking at the accusations facing Serhii Kuznetsov.

00:00 Who is Serhii Kuznetsov?
01:05 What are the Nord Stream pipelines?
01:55 What was the significance of the Nord Stream blasts?
04:08 Rostock and Bornholm
06:04 The Nord Stream trial
06:30 What are the arguments of the prosecution and defence at the Nord Stream trial?

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Cyber-security experts have used AI tools to uncover a major flaw in the programming language behind many websites, known as PHP. That has led governments, businesses and other organisations around the world scrambling to fix the problem, with many sites going dark. Analysts say hackers have made millions of attempts – using AI – to try to exploit the problem.

We hear from cyber researcher Ryan Austin, who discovered the PHP flaw, and ask our tech correspondent about the power and danger of AI.

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07:23 We hear from Arab-Israeli voters – also known as Palestinian citizens of Israel – as Israel prepares for its first general election since the Hamas attacks of 7th October 2023. Polls show that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rivals have an easy path to forming a coalition government. That means small Arab-majority parties could hold the balance of power, depending on whom they decide to support.

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A Metropolitan Police detective who was raped by a fellow officer has told the BBC that Scotland Yard’s handling of her case was “like being raped all over again”.

Linda Williams, who has waived her right to anonymity for this exclusive interview, was attacked in 2004 by David Carrick, one of the UK’s most notorious sex offenders who was jailed three years ago for attacking Linda and other women. But she says the Met’s conduct during a subsequent civil case left her feeling suicidal.

In an unprecedented move for a serving officer, she is calling for the Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, to resign, and says she does not trust her own force to handle cases like hers.

The Met has paid tribute to her and says it tried to reduce her distress and re-traumatisation.

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