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Veteran Russia-watchers predicted the crisis in Crimea years ago with eerie accuracy. Their analysis suggests that Vladimir Putin may not pull his troops out in a hurry.
Alex Thomson
With the crisis in Ukraine sweeping all headlines before it, it is hard to recall that the reason John Kerry ever stepped on to a plane to Europe in recent days was for Afghanistan.
Russia’s defence ministry dismisses claims that it had threatened Ukrainian troops in Crimea with a “real assault” if they did not surrender by the early hours of Tuesday morning as “utter nonsense”.
Bullying at work, the mental effects of an alleged rape and the break-up of a relationship all played their part in the death of Anne-Marie Ellement, who was found hanging in 2011, a coroner rules.
The Ukrainian government has put the army on full combat alert and warned invasion would lead to war, after Putin obtained the permission of his parliament to send soldiers into Ukraine.
Lindsey Hilsum
President Putin is adept at extracting advantage for Russia from complex situations – and recent events in Crimea are designed to pressure the new authorities in Kiev.
The trial of Al Jazeera journalists puts Cairo’s crackdown on the media in the spotlight – but for Egyptian journalists a climate of fear has been pervasive since the military took control last June.
Three Korean tourists and their Egyptian driver die in an explosion in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
The Royal Engineers will carry out a high-speed assessment of the state of the UK’s flood defence infrastructure, as ministers admit they should have sent in the military earlier.
The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, announces the government will spend an extra £130m to bolster Britain’s flood defences, as the army is finally deployed to help in Somerset.
A bomb sniffer dog captured by the Taliban is from a British army unit, it is being claimed. Named as “Colonel” the animal has been pictured on “jihadist” website Al-Emara.
Victoria Macdonald
Full-time carers, who take a huge spending burden off government, are facing a £1bn cut in support over the next four years.
The military is on standby to help in Somerset where officials warn rain this weekend could make flooding there even worse. Parts of southern England have already seen the wettest January on record.
Alex Thomson
It looks like the president has fled, a million people have been displaced and armed militia are patrolling camps of refugees: Central African Republic appears to be deteriorating – and the world waits with baited breath.
The Iraqi army deploys tanks and artillery around Fallujah as leaders in the city urge al-Qaeda-linked militants to leave to avert an impending military assault.