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Bitcoin traded below $19,000 on Wednesday, hitting its lowest level since June following a drop in stock markets globally and the continued strength of the U.S. dollar.

Elon Musk has launched legal action to summon Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey to appear in court as part of his legal battle with the tech company.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has hit back at Elon Musk after the Tesla boss posted a Twitter poll with his suggestions for ending Russia's invasion.

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2023 Kia Sportage has better warranty coverage than the 2023 Honda CR-V

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Record numbers of nurses are quitting the NHS in England, figures show.

More than 40,000 have walked away from the NHS in the past year - one in nine of the workforce, an analysis by the Nuffield Trust think tank for the BBC revealed.

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The relative strength of the U.S. economy has allowed the Fed to raise rates more aggressively than its peers, however, pushing the dollar up against the British pound, the euro and Japanese yen, as well as a slew of smaller currencies.

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Hundreds of jobs to go as BBC announces World Service cutbacks. 

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Updates Work on Digital Dollar — Says US Central Bank Digital Currency Will Take 'at Least a Couple of Years'. 

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India Freezes Bitcoin at Binance Amid Investigation Involving Crypto Exchange Wazirx. 

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According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the selling rate of the US Dollar remains unchanged at Rs. 369.91.

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The Sri Lanka rupee remains unchanged against the US Dollar, while it has slightly appreciated against a few foreign currencies. 

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A Czech crowdfunding campaign has successfully raised more than $1.30m (£1.17m) to buy a modernised tank for the Ukrainian army.

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Ukrainian soldiers are reportedly making progress in re-taking Lyman, a key city in the east. 

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Ukraine has responded by asking Nato to speed up giving it membership of the US-led defence alliance. 

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The territory being seized is in Russian-held Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. 

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In an angry speech decrying the West, he claimed people living in the regions had made their choice - but "referendums" held there have been labelled shams. 

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President Putin has announced the illegal seizure of four areas of Ukraine - saying they are now Russian territory. 

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Every day, convoys of people arrive in a supermarket car park in Zaporizhzhia city, escorted in by police vehicles.

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The convoy had planned to go to the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region. 

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Officials and military leaders listen to Putin in the Kremlin, Moscow. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Russian-appointed leaders Vladimir Saldo, Yevgeny Balitsky, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik. 

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Hundreds of arrests have been reported at protests in Russia against the mobilisation.. 

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Ukrainian artillery is said to have struck a headquarters of the shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner, in Luhansk in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

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Russia does not give numbers, but Western officials say between 70,000 and 80,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded since it launched its invasion six months ago.

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Tens of thousands of Russian troops have been killed or wounded since the start of the war, say Western officials. 

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Russia has been trying to modernise its army in recent years, including by increasing numbers of contract soldiers

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Russia's plan to expand its armed forces is unlikely to have an impact on the Ukraine war, the UK's Ministry of Defence has said.

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Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to make it easier for residents of Kherson to get Russian passports. 

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The Antonivsky Bridge was seriously damaged last month. 

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Severe hurricanes in Canada are rare, as storms normally lose their energy once they hit colder waters in the north and become post-tropical instead.

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Mahsa Amini died after she collapsed at a morality police detention centre. 

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Activists in Iran are expressing concern about widespread internet outages and residents being unable to access social media.

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The eruption of nationwide protests in Iran following the death in police custody of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman detained for allegedly failing to adhere to hijab (headscarf) rules is the most serious challenge Iran's leadership has faced in years.

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Veteran CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour cancelled an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after he demanded she wear a headscarf for their meeting in New York.

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Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour cancelled an interview after demands she wear a headscarf.

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On Saturday people joined protests in several cities across the world including Rome, Athens and Stockholm. 

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Head of the Ukraine's State Security Service Vasyl Maliuk embraces a prisoner of war after a swap took place in Chernihiv region of Ukraine. 

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The Kremlin's decision to draft more people into the war in Ukraine is "effectively an admission that Russia has exhausted its supply of willing volunteers to fight in Ukraine", the MoD concludes. 

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Politically, the MoD describes Putin's decision as "highly unpopular" among the Russian population, with protests already taking place across the capital.

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Russia is "likely to struggle with the logistical and administrative challenges" of drafting up 300,000 military reservists to fight in Ukraine, according to the British Ministry of Defence.

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In Russia, unsanctioned rallies are illegal under anti-protest laws. Yesterday, the Moscow prosecutor's office warned that calls on the internet to join unauthorised street protests, or participation in them, could incur up to 15 years in jail.

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Currently Russian men aged 18-27 are obliged to do military service, usually for one year, but there are many exemptions on medical grounds or for students.

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The Moscow prosecutor's office on Wednesday warned that calls on the internet to join unauthorised street protests, or participation in them, could incur up to 15 years in jail. 

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The move came a day after occupied areas of Ukraine announced snap referendums on joining Russia.

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And in remarks condemned by Ukraine and its allies, Mr Putin stressed that he would use "all available means" to protect Russian territory - implying this could involve nuclear weapons.

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Russia's president ordered a partial mobilisation, meaning some 300,000 military reservists - but not conscripts - will be drafted to bolster Russia's forces who have suffered recent battlefield reverses in Ukraine.

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Pictures on social media showed long queues at border posts, and on Google, the search for "how to leave Russia" skyrocketed.

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To what extent will unexploded ordnance remain an issue for Ukraine after the war? Is there potential for large areas of land to be deemed inaccessible as a result? 

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A destroyed Russian tank in Trostyanets, Ukraine.

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Mr Putin's fate is probably tied to the success or failure of the invasion. He may continue to pour in troops, and armour and heavy weapons over the longer term.

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With Russia recruiting from the Middle East, does this show a lack of confidence in the quality of its own forces? - David Carter. 

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