Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank – the biggest expansion in decades. Several already exist as outposts, built without government authorisation, but will now be made legal under Israeli law, according to Defence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The issue of settlements –...
Vitaliy Shevchenko Russia editor, BBC Monitoring Getty Images A file photo shows a woman and child walking past a poster proclaiming “For Russia! For the President! For Sevastopol!” “Russians are trying to ban everything Ukrainian here: language, and also traditions. Even Ukrainian holidays are forbidden.” This is the sorrow and fear of a rarely heard...