Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics as its undisputed leader for almost two decades.
Over successive terms as president and prime minister he has overseen an economic boom, military expansion and the re-establishment of Russia as a major power.
Living standards for most Russians improved, and a renewed sense of stability and national pride emerged. But the price, many say, was the erosion of Russia's fledgling democracy.
How has life changed for ordinary Russians during this time?
Source: BBCNews
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Monday, 12 March 2018
Fukushima's long road to recovery
It was supposed to be a day of celebration. But Rio Watanabe's graduation ceremony became memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Mr Watanabe, who was just 23 years old at the time, was in Tokyo when the ground started to shake.
Japan is used to earthquakes. It experiences more than 100,000 of them every year, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
But the tremors on 11 March 2011 were so violent that Mr Watanabe thought Tokyo was at its epicentre.
When he realised that they originated 200 miles north of the capital, his thoughts quickly turned to his family in Fukushima, and the Sansuiso Inn run by his father.
The hot spring's location in the mountains meant it escaped the devastation wrought by the magnitude seven earthquake and tsunami which followed.
However, a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant sparked fears of contamination, and the spa resort quickly emptied.
Source: BBCNews
Mr Watanabe, who was just 23 years old at the time, was in Tokyo when the ground started to shake.
Japan is used to earthquakes. It experiences more than 100,000 of them every year, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
But the tremors on 11 March 2011 were so violent that Mr Watanabe thought Tokyo was at its epicentre.
When he realised that they originated 200 miles north of the capital, his thoughts quickly turned to his family in Fukushima, and the Sansuiso Inn run by his father.
The hot spring's location in the mountains meant it escaped the devastation wrought by the magnitude seven earthquake and tsunami which followed.
However, a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant sparked fears of contamination, and the spa resort quickly emptied.
Source: BBCNews
John Pordage: CCTV shows final moments of murdered man
Footage has been released showing the final moments of a man murdered at a petrol station in Essex.
John Pordage was shot dead in Chelmsford in August.
Source: BBCNews
John Pordage was shot dead in Chelmsford in August.
Source: BBCNews
How slime turned around the fate of a glue factory
The fad for 2017's biggest craze
shows little sign of declining and continues to have an impact – in one
case turning around the fortunes of a French factory.
Cléopatre near Tours has made sticky glue for nearly 100 years and 18 years ago it almost went under.
Now, thanks to slime, its turnover is measured in the millions.
Source: BBCNews
Cléopatre near Tours has made sticky glue for nearly 100 years and 18 years ago it almost went under.
Now, thanks to slime, its turnover is measured in the millions.
Source: BBCNews
India's gay prince opens his palace for LGBT community
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil is doing his bit to help India's marginalised LGBT community.
Video by Shalu Yadav, Roxy Gagdekar and Pavan Jaishwal. Edited by Nimit Vats.
Source: BBCNews
Video by Shalu Yadav, Roxy Gagdekar and Pavan Jaishwal. Edited by Nimit Vats.
Source: BBCNews
Priya Varrier: The actress whose wink stopped India
The BBC speaks to Indian actress Priya Prakash Varrier, whose wink went
viral after a promo of her debut film was released last month.
Source: BBCNews
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Five die in New York helicopter crash
Five people have died after the helicopter they were in crashed into New York City's East River.
The New York City fire department said the pilot managed to free himself.
Source: BBCNews
The New York City fire department said the pilot managed to free himself.
Source: BBCNews
Trump's not so new election slogan
You might think you've heard this before. Donald Trump has revealed how
he will be fighting to win the next presidential election.
Source: BBCNews
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Papua New Guinea quake: An invisible disaster which could change life forever
Nearly two weeks after a powerful
earthquake hit Papua New Guinea (PNG), officials still do not know what
the situation is in the remote worst-affected areas. There are fears
traditional life in this remote region could have been changed forever,
writes Anna Jones.
"The landslides are massive," says Karen Allen, an aid worker with Unicef in PNG."There's nothing left of whole mountainsides where there used to be villages. There's been a massive outpouring of grief, shock and and fear, on top of the injuries and hunger."
Earthquakes happen a lot in the Pacific, home to the ever-active Ring of Fire, and news coverage of them tends to follow a familiar pattern.
Source: BBCNews
Climbing Mount Everest while doing 'keepy uppies'
John Farnworth has spent the last 10 days juggling a football all the way to Mount Everest's base camp.
The freestyle footballer took on the challenge to raise money for charity.
Source: BBCNews
The freestyle footballer took on the challenge to raise money for charity.
Source: BBCNews
How slime turned around the fate of a glue factory
The fad for 2017's biggest craze
shows little sign of declining and continues to have an impact – in one
case turning around the fortunes of a French factory.
Cléopatre near Tours has made sticky glue for nearly 100 years and 18 years ago it almost went under.
Now, thanks to slime, its turnover is measured in the millions.
Source: BBCNews
Cléopatre near Tours has made sticky glue for nearly 100 years and 18 years ago it almost went under.
Now, thanks to slime, its turnover is measured in the millions.
Source: BBCNews
Where and how to watch BBC World News
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For all other territories please check your local listings or contact a television provider in your area to find out how you can receive BBC World News.
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If you don't currently receive BBC World News, please contact your service provider to request it.
Source: BBCNews
For all other territories please check your local listings or contact a television provider in your area to find out how you can receive BBC World News.
In the US, BBC World News is available with a range of television service providers including Cablevision (Optimum TV), Comcast (XFINITY), Time Warner Cable, Verizon, DirecTV, Charter, AT&T U-verse, Buckeye Cable and others.
If you don't currently receive BBC World News, please contact your service provider to request it.
Source: BBCNews
Winter Paralympics: Day-by-day guide to Pyeongchang Games
The Winter Paralympics are taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from March 9 to 18.
The event will feature 670 athletes competing for 80 medals across six sports.Here's the day-by-day guide to what to look out for at Pyeongchang 2018 - and the likely highlights for Great Britain and other leading nations.
Source: BBCNews
Off-piste at the Paras #3: First day
From the stunning scenery to the unusual way the athletes measure
their downhill performance, Beth Rose and Chris Osborne present this
podcast - while attempting to use the ski lift.
The GB team achieved its first medal on Saturday, day one. Millie Knight and her guide Brett Wild gained silver.
It's been a tough 12 months for the pair who had two massive crashes which made Millie fearful of even putting on her skis. But the day wasn't so bright for fellow GB'ers Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe as they crashed out.
Subscribe to the feed and you'll receive our semi-sporty podcast almost every day from the big disability event.
Source: BBCNews
The GB team achieved its first medal on Saturday, day one. Millie Knight and her guide Brett Wild gained silver.
It's been a tough 12 months for the pair who had two massive crashes which made Millie fearful of even putting on her skis. But the day wasn't so bright for fellow GB'ers Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jen Kehoe as they crashed out.
Subscribe to the feed and you'll receive our semi-sporty podcast almost every day from the big disability event.
Source: BBCNews
Winter Paralympics: GB skiers win super G silver and bronze
Britain won silver and bronze in the women's super G for visually-impaired skiers on day two of the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang.
Millie Knight and Brett Wild claimed their second silver medals of the Games after finishing second in the downhill.
Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe were third with defending champion Kelly Gallagher and guide Gary Smith eighth.
Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova and Natalia Subrtova won their second gold, after claiming the downhill on day one.
"This time four years ago I was sitting in the crowd watching Kelly win gold and I thought if one day I could be that good it would be amazing," Knight told BBC Sport.
Source: BBCNews
Millie Knight and Brett Wild claimed their second silver medals of the Games after finishing second in the downhill.
Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe were third with defending champion Kelly Gallagher and guide Gary Smith eighth.
Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova and Natalia Subrtova won their second gold, after claiming the downhill on day one.
"This time four years ago I was sitting in the crowd watching Kelly win gold and I thought if one day I could be that good it would be amazing," Knight told BBC Sport.
Source: BBCNews
Winter Paralympics: GB curler Angie Malone on training through cancer treatment
The year before Angie Malone turned 50 was the year she had the time of her life.
A
life and sporting career that had taken in personal injury, family
trauma and medals of every colour led her to the 2014 Winter Paralympics
and a bronze in wheelchair curling for Great Britain.Now she will have the time of her life all over again at Pyeongchang 2018 - her fourth Winter Games - and enters with an infectious positivity that would have seemed so far away when she was paralysed in a car accident as a teenager.
"I was 16. I had broken my back and was paralysed from the chest down. I was devastated. I thought it was the end of the word. I had visions of my career - I wanted to be a nurse," she tells BBC Sport.
Source: BBCNews
Winter Paralympics: 'Disabled women are human too'
South Korea was celebrated for the
way it hosted the Winter Olympics, but in the first edition of its
volunteer handbook, published in January, it felt it necessary to remind
volunteers, known as the Passion Crew, that "a female disabled is also a
female human being". So is it ready to host the Paralympics?
South
Korea is famed for its technology and fast-pace, its difficult
relationship with North Korea and of course K-Pop which burst on to the
Western music scene with Gangnam Style. But it hasn't always been as
forward-thinking when it comes to women, especially if they're disabled."Women could never be heroes," travel writer, Seoul-dweller and disability campaigner Seyoon Jane Hong, 30, says.
"Until the 20th Century, everything was male-centred.
Source: BBCNews
Black Panther film: 'Game-changing' movie takes $1bn
Marvel's superhero film Black Panther has taken more than a billion US dollars (£794m) at cinemas worldwide.
It is the fifth movie based in Disney's Marvel Universe to hit the milestone.The film stars Chadwick Boseman as the crime-fighting ruler of Wakanda, a fictional African nation with the most advanced technology on earth.
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B Jordan and Daniel Kaluuya play key roles, with The Hobbit star Martin Freeman as CIA agent Everett Ross.
Source: BBCNews
Myanmar 'militarising' Rohingya villages in Rakhine, says Amnesty
Myanmar is conducting a "military land grab" on land in Rakhine state where Rohingya once lived, a new report from Amnesty International alleges.
Citing satellite images and witnesses, the rights group says villages have been bulldozed to make way for new infrastructure since January.
An Amnesty spokesperson said this "alarming" militarisation was removing evidence of crimes against Rohingya.
The government of Myanmar has yet to respond to the report.
It has previously asked for "clear evidence" to support allegations from the UN that it may have carried out "acts of genocide" against the Rohingya.
Amnesty says that while the picture its new report presents "is only partial, the situation raises urgent concerns about its implications for the future of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya... as well as the tens of thousands who continue to live in the region".
Source: BBCNews
Citing satellite images and witnesses, the rights group says villages have been bulldozed to make way for new infrastructure since January.
An Amnesty spokesperson said this "alarming" militarisation was removing evidence of crimes against Rohingya.
The government of Myanmar has yet to respond to the report.
It has previously asked for "clear evidence" to support allegations from the UN that it may have carried out "acts of genocide" against the Rohingya.
Amnesty says that while the picture its new report presents "is only partial, the situation raises urgent concerns about its implications for the future of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya... as well as the tens of thousands who continue to live in the region".
Source: BBCNews
US race where both parties are 'pro-gun'
Gun control is not a factor in the first congressional election since the Parkland school shooting.
Source: BBCNews
Source: BBCNews
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