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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaUkraine war: Russian missile attack targets KyivPublished4 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Russia launches large missile attack on KyivBy Jacqueline Howard & Laura GozziBBC NewsUkraine has intercepted 31 missiles launched by Russia at Kyiv overnight, Ukraine’s air force said.At least 17 people, including a child, were injured by falling debris, four of whom are in hospital, authorities said.It is the largest Russian attack in weeks and follows a vow from Moscow for revenge over recent attacks by Ukraine on its border regions.The attack prompted Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelensky to renew his call for more military aid from Western allies.Several explosions were heard throughout Kyiv shortly before dawn as its anti-missile defence systems shot the rockets down.Debris fell in the Podilsky, Shevchenkivskyi and Sviatoshyn disctricts, causing fires on the roofs of a power transformer, several residential buildings and cars, the head of the city military administration Serhiy Popko said on Telegram.He added that some windows had been blown out in the shockwaves.”As a result of successful combat operations, all enemy missiles were shot down over Kyiv and on the approaches to the capital,” Mr Popko posted on Telegram.Kyiv residents described chaos as debris rained down on them.”The cars were burning over there, everything was exploding… I came back, took cat carriers, tried to find my cats, but I couldn’t,” said one, Tetiana.Image source, ReutersImage caption, A bomb squad work on part of a downed missile in KyivOn Wednesday, five people were killed in a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Mr Zelensky said.Earlier this week, authorities in the nearby Sumy region said that more than 150 people had been forced to flee because of intensified shelling.Mr Zelensky has repeated his calls for further military aid over recent days, specifically calling on the West to send Ukraine more air defence systems.”Such terror continues every day and night. World unity is able to stop it when it helps us with air defence systems,” Mr Zelensky said in a post on Telegram, hours after the Kyiv attack.”Now this protection is needed here in Ukraine… It is quite possible if the partners have enough political will,” he said.Last month, Mr Zelensky made an urgent appeal for more weapons at an international conference in Germany.”Keeping Ukraine in the artificial deficits of weapons, particularly in deficit of artillery and long-range capabilities, allows Putin to adapt to the current intensity of the war,” he said.Russian schools shut after air strikes in BelgorodSecret classes to counter Russian brainwashing in occupied UkraineMedic among 20 killed in Odesa missile strikesOn the other side of the border, Russian towns have also been hit by attacksEarlier this week, 16 people were killed and 98 were injured in a series of attacks on the Russian border city of Belgorod, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.Thousands of children will be evacuated from the city and the surrounding area over the coming weeks as a result, he added. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian strikes on Russia “do not and will not go unpunished”.In Brussels, EU leaders are meeting to discuss boosting military and financial aid for Ukraine. A proposals to transfer billions of euros’ worth of frozen Russian assets to Kyiv may also be discussed. In a letter sent to leaders ahead of the summit, European Council President Charles Michel wrote that the bloc was facing a “pivotal moment” and that the summit would be a chance to “accelerate” the EU’s efforts to send military aid to Ukraine. Mr Michel also wrote that the EU needed to put its economy on a “war footing”. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaIsraeli government spokesman Eylon Levy reportedly suspendedPublished18 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Getty ImagesBy David GrittenBBC NewsIsrael’s English-language government spokesman Eylon Levy has been suspended, Israeli media reports say.The Israeli prime minister’s office has not given a reason, according to the reports. But there is speculation that it is linked to an online row with the UK foreign secretary, Lord Cameron.Mr Levy has so far not commented.On 8 March, he wrote a now-deleted post on X responding to another one from Lord Cameron that urged Israel “to allow more [aid] trucks into Gaza”.”I hope you are also aware there are NO limits on the entry of food, water, medicine, or shelter equipment into Gaza, and in fact the crossings have EXCESS capacity,” Mr Levy replied.”Test us. Send another 100 trucks a day to Kerem Shalom and we’ll get them in,” he added, referring to an Israeli-controlled border crossing.Two days earlier, he wrote another post criticising a statement issued by Lord Cameron after a meeting with an Israeli minister in London. This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.Accept and continueThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.End of twitter post by Eylon LevyIsrael’s Channel 12 News reported on Tuesday that Mr Levy was suspended shortly after the UK Foreign Office wrote to Israel’s foreign ministry to express its “surprise” and seek clarification on whether Mr Levy’s posts represented the Israeli government’s official position.The Financial Times cited a person familiar with the matter as characterising the British query as: “Is this the way allies speak to each other?” On Wednesday, Israeli media said the prime minister’s office had confirmed that Mr Levy was suspended, but that it had not provided further details. There was no immediate response from Mr Levy. But he described himself as an Israeli government spokesman in several posts on X on Tuesday.Mr Levy, who is in his 30s, was born in the UK and emigrated to Israel in 2014. He served in Cogat, the Israeli defence ministry body that oversees policy for the Palestinian territories, worked as a TV news anchor and was most recently international media adviser to President Isaac Herzog.He rose to international prominence after becoming a government spokesperson following Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel and the start of the war in Gaza, and frequently being interviewed by English-language broadcasters, including the BBC.On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made critical remarks about Israel’s English-language public diplomacy during a closed-door meeting with two parliamentary committees on Tuesday.Channel 12 quoted him as saying: “There simply are no people. You are surrounded by people who can’t put two words together [in English].”In response to that report, his office said he “deeply values the work of his team and of the Public Diplomacy Directorate that operates under him”.Related TopicsDavid CameronIsrael-Gaza warIsraelTop StoriesWomen’s state pension payout fight nears endPublished47 minutes agoLive. ‘I missed out on £47,000’: Pension report could recommend compensationLive. Bank of England to announce interest rates decisionFeaturesNew hope for sisters trapped in their bodiesPoland’s ‘Heart of the Garden’ named tree of 2024The new 28-year-old peer who wants to scrap the LordsThe Papers: Rwanda defeat in Lords and ‘rate cut hope’The ‘nerdy weird’ killer who fooled everyoneAnthony Mackie: We need more fun on our TVsUK start-up to beam 4K video from space stationInside story of a Nigerian ransom negotiatorA museum tried reverse misogyny. Now a man is suingElsewhere on the BBCHow do you create an Oscar-winning soundscape?Johnnie Burn explains how he used audio to re-create the horrors of the HolocaustAttributionSoundsHow can you avoid being scammed by AI?Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong take a deep dive into the world of AI voice clonesAttributionSoundsSuccess in the women’s gameManchester United’s Ella Toone gets candid with Eddie Hearn about fame, football and life in the spotlightAttributionSoundsIs our future underground?The Inquiry investigates the latest developments in underground living for surviving climate changeAttributionSoundsMost Read1Women’s state pension payout fight nears end2New hope for sisters trapped in their bodies3Post Office wanted expert witness to alter report4Newly discovered beetle almost mistaken for bird poo5NHS AI test spots tiny cancers missed by doctors6Rwanda defeat in Lords and ‘rate cut hope’7The new 28-year-old peer who wants to scrap the Lords8The ‘nerdy weird’ killer who fooled everyone9Bank of England expected to hold interest rates10A museum tried reverse misogyny. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaNewly discovered Australian beetle almost mistaken for bird pooPublished20 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, James TweedImage caption, The newly discovered bug on a leafBy Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyWhat’s red, black, and hairy all over? A new species of bug discovered in Australia, dubbed by some as a “punk beetle” for its shaggy white locks.A Queensland researcher spotted the fluffy specimen by chance while camping and initially mistook it for bird poo.”It’s very unique. There are not many insects out there that have that trait,” James Tweed told the BBC.The national science agency CSIRO has since confirmed it’s an entirely new family of longhorn beetle.When Mr Tweed first spotted a tiny white object on a leaf in the Gold Coast hinterland in December 2021, he didn’t think much of it.But after the entomologist did a double take, he realised it was in fact an insect unlike any he’d seen before.”It’s about one centimetre long… and covered in long, fluffy white hairs,” he said.”A lot of the hairs stand basically straight upright, and so it gives it a bit of a mohawk type look.”Excited, he photographed and collected the beetle to be studied.After posting to a Facebook group of insect enthusiasts turned up no answers, Mr Tweed – who is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland – took the bug to the CSIRO’s Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC).”I worked with a couple of colleagues from the national insect collection, who literally wrote the book on these groups of beetles… they examined tens of thousands of specimens in museums all over Australia and the world, and they’ve never found it before.”Scientists have previously discovered other insect species with spiky hairs – like hairy caterpillars and a jet black ant with an fiery orange mane, which was also from Queensland – but this bug was different.”I’m not aware of any [other insects] that have a hairdo like this one does.”In fact, it’s so unlike any other species that it was declared an entirely new genus or family group of longhorn beetles by the ANIC, officially called Excastra albopilosa – Excastra meaning “from the camp” in Latin and albopilosa “white and hairy”.The scientists aren’t sure exactly why the bug is furry, but they think it has evolved to mimic an insect that’s been killed by a fungus, as a way of deterring predators.”Until someone finds more there’s a lot of unanswered questions here.”Ancient lizard-like species discovered in AustraliaThe race to document Australia’s unknown speciesBut Mr Tweed says being able to record even this single beetle is a huge win for science.”It’s hard for us to conserve species if we don’t even know that they exist.””It’s great to have this beetle getting so much attention and being a bit of an ambassador for insects and conservation.”Related TopicsQueenslandInsectsAustraliaMore on this storyThe race to document Australia’s unknown speciesPublished27 April 2018Ancient lizard-like species discovered in AustraliaPublished9 August 2023Top StoriesCampaigners urge payouts as women’s pension report duePublished36 minutes agoBank of England expected to hold interest ratesPublished6 hours agoHunger looms amid breakdown of order in HaitiPublished39 minutes agoFeaturesThe Papers: Rwanda defeat in Lords and ‘rate cut hope’Poland’s ‘Heart of the Garden’ named tree of 2024The new 28-year-old peer who wants to scrap the LordsNew hope for sisters trapped in their bodiesThe ‘nerdy weird’ killer who fooled everyoneAnthony Mackie: We need more fun on our TVsUK start-up to beam 4K video from space stationInside story of a Nigerian ransom negotiatorA museum tried reverse misogyny. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityAsiaChinaIndiaIndonesia: Prabowo Subianto confirmed as president-elect as rivals allege fraudPublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mr Prabowo, a retired general, cast himself as a cuddly grandpa during the campaignBy Kelly NgBBC NewsIndonesia’s defence minister Prabowo Subianto has been declared the winner of last month’s presidential election in the world’s third largest democracy.Mr Prabowo appealed for unity as his two rivals, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, vowed to contest the result.The former general, who had been dogged by allegations of human rights abuse for decades, won 58.59% of the votes.He had endeared himself to social media-savvy voters with TikTok videos that cast him as a cuddly grandpa.”For those who didn’t vote for us, give us a chance,” the 72-year-old said after the elections commission announced the official count on Wednesday night.”We will prove that we are a president and vice president who will work as hard as possible for all the Indonesian people,” he said.He will assume office in October, taking over from President Joko Widodo, who is more popularly known as Jokowi.Eighty percent of 205 million registered voters across 17,000 islands and three time zones trooped to polling centres last 14 February, making it the world’s largest single-day election.Mr Prabowo’s votes exceeded the majority required to avoid a runoff. Mr Anies and Mr Ganjar got 25% and 16%, respectively.What can Indonesia expect from a Prabowo presidency?The tainted army figure set to be Indonesia’s next rulerMr Prabowo thanked the popular Jokowi, whose tacit backing is widely believed to have helped him win. The former general lost two presidential elections to Mr Jokowi in 2014 and 2019.His running mate – now the vice president-elect – is Mr Jokowi’s eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who was only able to run only after a last-minute lowering of a minimum age requirement.This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Prabowo Subianto danced as he claimed victory – unofficial counts put him well over the 50% vote markMr Prabowo claimed victory after the election on 14 February when unofficial tallies showed he had a strong lead over his rivals. World leaders have also congratulated him over the past weeks.On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken extended his “sincere congratulations” and applauded Indonesians for “their robust turnout and commitment to democracy and the rule of law”. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a statement that he looked forward “to deepening our strategic partnership even further”, a view echoed by the French foreign ministry.Anticipating protests from Mr Anies’ and Mr Ganjar’s supporters, police deployed more than 3,000 officers to stand guard across the capital city Jakarta before official results were announced.Demonstrators have taken to the streets in the past weeks alleging widespread election fraud.Among other things, Mr Anies and Mr Ganjar had earlier alleged that Mr Gibran’s candidacy was a part of behind-the-scenes manoeuvring that showed Mr Jokowi’s partiality for the Prabowo-Gibran camp.Mr Anies said on Wednesday that there had been election irregularities and that his legal team would take it to court.”A leadership born out of a sullied process, with deviations, fraud, will produce a regime with unjust policies,” Reuters news agency cited him as saying.The head of Mr Ganjar’s legal team had also told BBC Indonesia they would challenge the result in court. They have to do so within the next three days, according to the country’s laws.”There have been a lot of complaints about irregularities. This election in the Reformasi era is considered [by many] to be less free and fair than previous elections in the post-Suharto period,” Indonesian professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar told the BBC’s Newsday programme on Thursday.The Reformasi, also known as the Reform era, began with the fall of Indonesia’s authoritarian president Suharto in May 1998.”Academics and civil society organisations throughout the country have been expressing concerns over [alleged] ethical and legal violations, and improper, or you might even say illegal, use of state resources,” said Ms Dewi, a professor at the National Research and Innovation Agency in Indonesia.Additional reporting by BBC IndonesiaRelated TopicsAsiaIndonesiaJoko WidodoMore on this storyIndonesia’s ‘man of the people’ plays kingmakerPublished13 FebruaryWatch: What the maps miss about this huge Asian nationPublished13 FebruaryAn ‘impossible’ country tests its hard-won democracyPublished10 FebruaryTop StoriesWomen’s state pension report set to be publishedPublished16 minutes agoBank of England expected to hold interest ratesPublished5 hours ago’Damaging’ testimony withheld from pregnant postmistress trialPublished5 hours agoFeaturesThe Papers: Rwanda defeat in Lords and ‘rate cut hope’Poland’s ‘Heart of the Garden’ named tree of 2024The new 28-year-old peer who wants to scrap the LordsNew hope for sisters trapped in their bodiesThe ‘nerdy weird’ killer who fooled everyoneAnthony Mackie: We need more fun on our TVsUK start-up to beam 4K video from space stationInside story of a Nigerian ransom negotiatorA museum tried reverse misogyny. 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