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Kiev’s ‘medieval’ protest turns ugly
The crisis in Kiev has turned uglier. The revolution has bedded in for the long winter. It will test Europe’s resolve and diplomatic touch – but will Brussels be up to the challenge?
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The sport has been described as sliding through a wind tunnel on a tea tray. But skeleton racers are among Britain’s medal hopes at Sochi. Keme Nzerem dons his helmet and joins them on the track.
European Olympic committees, including the British Olympic Association, receive threats of terrorist attacks in the run-up to the Winter Games in Russia.
The powerful attending the World Economic Forum in Davos must create the impression of action. What they will not do, writes Andrew Simms, is change the system to meet the needs of society.
The crisis in Kiev has turned uglier. The revolution has bedded in for the long winter. It will test Europe’s resolve and diplomatic touch – but will Brussels be up to the challenge?
As Russia prepares to host the Sochi Winter Olympics, Matt Frei reports that the country’s campaign against gay people shows its worst side – just when it hoped the world would see only its best.
A 2013 law bans promotion of “non-traditional sexual relations” in Russia. With the Sochi Olympics weeks away, how do the rights of Russian gay people compare with those from other European countries?
After the humiliation of England’s Ashes trouncing down under, British sports fans will hope Andy Murray and Laura Robson can recapture the nation’s sporting credibility at the Australian tennis open.
Former Premier League footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger announces he is gay – and says he hopes “one day” young players will be able to come out while they are still playing.
Journalists make poor prophets, but January is the month when we all think about the year ahead, and the big picture.
Brazil’s security forces are trying to clear Rio de Janeiro’s gang-held favelas before next year’s football World Cup. But they have a hard job on their hands, as Guillermo Galdos reports.
The Russian president was filmed at the bedside of people wounded in the suicide bomb attacks that killed 34 people on Monday.
Russia will retaliate, Putin tells the terrorists behind the deadly bus and train bombs in Volgograd. “Annihilation” awaits those who threaten Russia or the Winter Olympics, the president says.
A female suicide bomber attacks Volgograd train station in Russia killing at least 14 people, the second attack in the city in recent weeks.
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, walk free from jail under an amnesty allowing their early release.
Veteran BBC sports presenter David Coleman, who covered 11 Olympic Games and six football World Cups, dies at the age of 87.