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Trump says Putin will not attack Ukraine cities during cold week10 hours agoShareSaveBen HattonBBC NewsShareSavePA MediaThe site of a drone attack in Kyiv earlier in January US President Donald Trump says Russia's Vladimir Putin has agreed not to attack Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and other cities and towns for a week due to “extraordinary cold” weather.
Russia has not confirmed any such agreement, but Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Trump's announcement and said he expected Russia to keep its promise.
Trump did not specify when the pause would begin, but temperatures in the Ukrainian capital are due to plummet from Thursday night and reach -24C (-11F) in the next few days.
Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure during the bitter winter, as it has during cold periods since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Speaking at a televised cabinet meeting in Washington DC, the US president said: “I personally asked Presiden..

What could happen if the US strikes Iran? Here are seven scenarios48 minutes agoShareSaveFrank GardnerSecurity correspondentShareSaveEPAUS President Donald Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali KhameneiThe US appears poised to strike Iran within days.
While the potential targets are largely predictable, the outcome is not.
So, if no last-minute deal can be reached with Tehran and President Donald Trump decides to order US forces to attack, then what are the possible outcomes?
Let's look at both ends of the spectrum here: from the best, or rather the “least bad”, to the worst.
1. Targeted, surgical strikes, minimal civilian casualties, a transition to democracyUS air and naval forces conduct limited, precision strikes targeting military bases of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Basij unit – a paramilitary force under the control of the IRGC – ballistic missile launch and storage sites as well as Iran's nuclear programme.
An already..

'Don't take us to a hospital': Iran protesters treated in secret to avoid arrest14 hours agoShareSaveSoroush PakzadBBC PersianShareSaveBBCX-rays showed birdshot embedded in the legs of a wounded protester”People helped us and we got into a car… I said, 'Don't take us to a hospital.'”
Tara and her friend were attending a protest in the central Iranian city of Isfahan when security forces arrived on motorcycles and began shouting at the crowd.
“My friend told an armed member of the security forces, 'Just don't shoot us,' and he immediately fired several shots at us. We fell to the ground. All our clothes were covered in blood,” she said.
They were bundled into a stranger's car, but Tara said they were too frightened to be taken to the hospital because of the risk of being arrested. “All the alleyways were full of security forces, so I asked a couple standing at their front door to let us in.”
They stayed at the couple's home until ..

Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar attacked with unknown liquid during town hall16 minutes agoShareSaveHelen SullivanandAna Faguy,MinneapolisShareSaveWatch: Moment Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar is attacked at town hallMinnesota Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked with an unknown substance at a town hall she was hosting on Tuesday, when an audience member used a syringe to spray liquid at her, Minneapolis police said.
Omar was uninjured and continued to speak. “I'm ok. I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don't let bullies win,” she later wrote on X.
The liquid sprayed on Omar had a sour smell that was similar to a chemical product, according to a BBC journalist in the room.
Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, has been charged with third degree assault and is being held in custody, according to the local sheriff's office.
AFP via Getty ImagesDemocratic Rep Ilhan Omar represents the fifth Congressional Distr..

Trump says government will 'de-escalate' in Minnesota following Pretti shooting2 hours agoShareSaveKayla EpsteinShareSaveGetty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said his administration was “going to de-escalate a little bit” in Minnesota, after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal immigration officers there.
“Bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible,” he said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday.
In early January Renee Good was fatally shot by an immigration officer, followed by Alex Pretti, who was killed after being stopped by border agents this past weekend.
Pretti's death reignited local protests and public outcry across the country, and led to criticism from lawmakers in both parties. Trump's remarks are the latest sign his administration is taking a step back on its operations in Minnesota.
Speaking to other reporters ahead of a rally in Iowa Tuesday night, Trump said he viewed the killing of Pretti, an intensive care nurse at a veter..