Lviv police officer, 23, killed in explosions in western Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the country’s army commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi. It comes just days after the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov – a move that triggered street protests across the country. Initial rumours that the end of Fedorov’s tenure was related to a conflict between him and Syrskyi were soon confirmed….

Ana Faguyin Martinsburg, West Virginia BBC Troy Williams, Marcellus Brothers and Jonathan Giba It’s been three months since Jonathan Giba moved into temporary housing for homeless veterans inside a hospital for former members of the US military in West Virginia. He has been waiting for medical and dental consultations, after medications he was previously prescribed…

“We can do two things at one time,” he insisted, saying the US was “quietly but very strongly” working with allies with a “substantive, serious approach” to the Pacific, while maintaining “global obligations to ensure that, say, Iran doesn’t get a nuclear weapon”.