A new initiative is pinpointing areas in the world’s oceans that are key habitats for sharks and their relatives, so that governments can consider protecting these areas.
Pressure: Joe Biden’s package of military aid for Ukraine has hit a roadblock in the US senate.
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Russia has lost control of the Black Sea, which will have major implications for the war on land.
Keeping up morale: Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, with Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, after talks at Nato headquarters, September 28 2023.
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Ukraine’s recent successes at sea and in Crimea create strategic opportunities in the Black Sea and, in the longer term, for the war on land.
A handout photograph shows Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev speaking on a mobile phone from the scene of the missile attack.
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Two successful operations in and around Crimea demonstrate that, while Ukraine’s ground counteroffensive is moving slowly, Kyiv is expanding the scope of its ambition.
A well in Afanasyeva village, Mykolaiv region, damaged by flooding after the Kakhovka Dam breach.
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Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Crimea’s ports have been recognised as strategically important for centuries. Here, celebrations of the memorial of defence of Sevastopol in 1941-42 were cancelled due to a Ukrainian military strike.
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Ukraine is one of the world’s breadbaskets, but exports have been blockaded by Russia. Despite grave potential consequences in famine-prone countries, international law is largely silent.
Many crew members from merchant ships have escaped, but plenty more are stuck on cold ships with supplies of everything from food to medicines fast running out.
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