UN climate panel to examine carbon removal

UN scientists are likely to weigh up technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, as they gather to finalise a key report. This idea will be one of many solutions considered over the next two weeks by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

A film on Kashmir exposes India's new fault lines

A new film on the exodus of Hindus from Kashmir in the 1990s has kicked up a storm in India, with even the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) weighing in on its behalf. The Kashmir Files, released on Friday, tells the fictional story of a university student who discovers his Kashmiri Hindu parents were killed by Islamist militants - and not in an accident as his grandfather told him.

Pictures of Ukraine war intensifying in third week

Cities across the country often wake up to the haunting call of air raid sirens and skies filled with traces of rockets, missiles and artillery strikes, like this one from Baryshivka, east of the capital, Kyiv.

Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

A selection of powerful news photographs was taken around the world this week.

Russia says it may cut gas supplies if oil blocked

Russia has said it may close its main gas pipeline to Germany if the West goes ahead with a ban on Russian oil. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said a "rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences for the global market", causing prices to more than double to $300 a barrel.

Ukraine war is economic catastrophe, warns World Bank

The war in Ukraine is "a catastrophe" for the world which will cut global economic growth, the president of the World Bank has told the BBC. "The war in Ukraine comes at a bad time for the world because inflation was already rising," said David Malpass.

Russia seizes Ukraine nuclear plant after fire

Russian troops have seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian authorities say. "Operational personnel are monitoring the condition of power units," a local authority said on social media, quoted by Reuters news agency.

Five things new IPCC climate change study tells us

A new report released this week by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looks at the causes, impacts and solutions to climate change. The report gives the clearest indication to date of how a warmer world is affecting all living things on Earth. Here are five things we learnt from it.

Australia feel 'incredibly safe' in Pakistan despite death threat

Batter Steve Smith says Australia's players feel "incredibly safe" on their first tour of Pakistan in nearly 25 years, despite spinner Ashton Agar receiving a death threat.

Russia must stop Ukraine acquiring nuclear weapons - Russian foreign minister

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has told the UN Conference on Disarmament in Switzerland that it is time for US nuclear weapons in Europe to go home.