Russia has warned the UK of “consequences” following confirmation that British-made drones were used in recent strikes on military and industrial targets in Russia.

In a statement, the Russian embassy to the UK accused Britain of “deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis”, adding that “the deeper its involvement in the conflict… the higher the price it will pay”.

It did not elaborate on the type of threat Moscow was considering.

Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Moscow and elsewhere deep inside Russia, particularly targeting oil refineries and logistics sites for its key online retailer Wildberries.

A spokesperson for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said they stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine.

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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the UK will help Ukraine develop new technologies to counter Russian attacks …

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El Niño is a natural weather pattern that begins in the Pacific Ocean.

The event developing in 2026 could be the strongest in living memory, according to the Met Office.

But what does it mean, and what will it affect?

In this video…

0:00 – 1:15 – Intro
1:16 – 3:37 – What is an El Nino?
3:38 – 4:14 – Should we be worried?
4:15 – 7:32 – What are the impacts?
7:33 – 8:04 – Did El Nino make 2026 hotter?
8:05 – 9:03 – Will it be as strong as 1877?
9:03 – 10:09 – Is El Nino linked to climate change?

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Last week Ukraine’s popular ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections, in what is widely seen as the biggest challenge to Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

Zelensky, whose five-year presidential term ended in May 2024, has been under pressure from both Washington and Moscow to hold new elections, but they have been suspended until after the war is over. Fedorov says that corruption is depriving the military of weapons and making it harder for Kyiv to win the war, and that, “democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia”, although he tells the BBC that he had not himself seen the president engage in any corrupt activity.

The Global Story’s Asma Khalid speaks to Vitaly Shevchenko from BBC Monitoring about where all this could lead.

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00:00 Introduction
02:48 Who is Mykhailo Fedorov?
06:42 How did Fedorov end up outside of Zelensky’s Government?
11:17 How has this impacted Ukraine’s war effort?
12:51 Fedorov calls for elections
14:10 Corruption in Ukraine
17:35 Zelensky’s response
20:20 Zelensky’s ‘rocky’ relationship with Donald Trump
21:59 Could Fedorov force, and win, an election?
23:26 The Trump effect
26:03 Fedorov interviewed

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Canada recently walked away from trade talks with the US hours before Donald Trump’s deadline to impose major tariffs on Canadian goods.

Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a defiant tone, acknowledging that Canada was now locked in a trade war with the US.

He also announced retaliatory tariffs, pledging to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar”.

Carney’s tough stance is popular at home, but will it come at a price?

We speak to Jayme Poisson, host of the CBC podcast Front Burner, about whether Carney is taking a big political gamble by standing up to Trump’s tariffs – and why many Canadians feel confident they can withstand a trade war with their southern neighbour.

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0:00 Why is Mark Carney standing up to Trump?
2:31 What does Carney have to gain from fighting back?
5:03 How is Canada trying to reduce its reliance on the US?
7:48 Why did the US-Canada trade talks collapse?
11:33 What went wrong in the final hours of negotiations?
14:17 Why is Carney now talking about a trade war?
16:59 Could Trump be more vulnerable than Carney?
19:28 Do Canadians support Carney’s approach?
22:54 What could Canada lose from this trade war?
26:07 Can Canada really win against the US?

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