Covid-19: Twenty million in England added to toughest tier of restrictions

The corporation says it became aware of new allegations on Thursday and is working “to establish the facts”.

Britain says carriers should by-pass Belarus after a flight was diverted to Minsk and a journalist held.

After a perilous train journey from Poland to Kyiv, European leaders tell Ukraine ‘you’re not alone’.

The EU, US and allies will block a number of Russian banks from the main global payment system, Swift.

As results show the Oxford jab may cut transmission, the health secretary says it offers a “way out”.

BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg and North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher consider the leaders’ contrasting priorities as they prepare...