Scientists in the UK have begun testing the BCG vaccine, developed in 1921, to see if it can save lives from Covid. The vaccine was designed to stop tuberculosis, but there is some evidence it can protect against other infections as well. Around 1,000 people will take part in the trial at the University of Exeter. But while millions

  Russia is going to deploy new long-range 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled howitzers to the borders of Ukraine, reported the Russian newspaper Izvestia. According to the newspaper, the Russians are finishing tests of the first batch of these howitzers. The new howitzers can conduct high-precision fire from a distance of about 70 kilometers which is twice the effective range of the

   Berlin is not of the view that there is a direct connection between the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project and the situation surrounding Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, and the German government’s position on the matter has not changed, German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said. “There is no direct link between Navalny and the Nord

Vladimir Putin has denied claims he owns a palace, in his first comments since critic Alexei Navalny linked the president to an opulent £1bn development on the Black Sea coast. The Russian president said he had “not had the time” to view the 2 hour long investigation, released online by Mr Navalny’s team shortly after the Putin critic’s jailing last