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US and EU slam new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second Ukraine invasion anniversary. Also in the programme: A new report on the civilian cost of the Sudan war; a new generation of AI prosthetics; and the sounds of migration.(Image: The word sanctions in front of a graphic of Russian and Ukrainian flag. Credit: Reuters)

A British-born woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria has lost her latest attempt to overturn a decision by London to strip her of her British citizenship. The ruling means Shamima Begum can't return to Britain from Syria, though she can appeal to the Supreme Court. Also in the programme: How Artificial Intelligence is speeding up the development of prosthetic limbs; and Germany's debate over whether cannabis should be partially legalised. And desperately needed aid is airdropped into northern Gaza - our correspondent reports from the plane.(Photo: Ms Begum was 15 when she joined Islamic State group in 2015. Credit: BBC)

A privately-built uncrewed American spacecraft is orbiting the Moon in preparation for touchdown on the lunar surface. If successful, it will be the first time an American mission has returned to the Moon for more than fifty years. The six-legged Odysseus lander is aiming to set down in a crater near the south pole. It’s carrying scientific instruments to observe space weather and other phenomena, to inform NASA’s plans to send humans back to the Moon before China makes its own first attempt. We speak to NASA.Also in the programme: Could a ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are to be considered children cause problems for the Republican Party? And we go deep beneath the sea and find out how the world's largest whales produce their haunting sounds.(Photo: Computer Generated Image issued by Intuitive Machines/NASA of an artist's impression of Intuitive Machine's Nova-C Odysseus lander. The private lunar space probe is looking to make history. Issue date: Monday February 12, 2024. Credit: Intuitive Machines/Nasa/PA Wire)

Two years on from the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, has been asking Russians what they think of the war. Also in the programme: Albania gives the green light to a controversial migrant processing centre - on behalf of Italy; and a court ruling in the US state of Alabama is enough to shut down some IVF treatment - as physicians run scared of being sued.(Photo: A mural of fallen Russian soldiers in Solnechnogorsk. Credit: BBC)

More than 70 people were reported killed on the night when the Israeli ministry rescued two hostages on 12 February. We hear from the bereaved Palestinian families who lost their loved ones as shrapnel ripped through their tents. Also in the programme: A large number of Russian troops are believed to have been killed in an apparent Ukrainian strike in Donetsk; and a stinking shipload of thousands of sick cattle stuns Cape Town and kicks off an animal rights row. (Picture: Malak al-Najjar, aged 13, lost an eye on the same night of the Israeli military raid. Credit: BBC)

Questions are raised about the effectiveness of Trident, the UK’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent, as it fails its second test in a row. A dummy missile intended to fly almost 4,000km instead fell into the sea near its launch site on the east coast of the United States. The UK Ministry of Defence has said it has absolute confidence in the effectiveness of their nuclear deterrent. Also on the programme: the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières says at least two people have been killed by a shell in the Al-Mawasi safe-zone in Gaza; and what does the Alabama Supreme Court ruling - that frozen embryos are "children" - mean for IVF treatment? (Picture: Still image taken from an undated video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant Credit:MoD/PA Photo)

The US has vetoed a resolution at the UN demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing its own draft urging a temporary ceasefire. In its own resolution the US warned Israel not to invade the city of Rafah. We'll hear from one of Israel's top former diplomats on reaction within the country.Also in the programme: the World Health Organization has warned of a dramatic rise in measles cases around the world since 2022; and an international multi-agency taskforce takes down one of the world's largest cybercrime groups.(Picture: United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Israel Gaza Conflict, New York. Picture credit: Eduardo Muñoz/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The US has put forward a draft UN Security Council resolution which calls for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza and also opposes plans by Israel to launch a ground offensive in the southern city of Rafah. We hear from the former US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, Frank Lowenstein.Also in the programme: a major cybercrime group is disrupted in a global operation; and how the Wagner group is rebranding itself.(Picture: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a rally demanding a ceasefire and the end of Israel attacks on Gaza in New York. Credit: Reuters)

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Alexei Navalny's widow, has said in a video message that her husband was killed because the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, couldn't break him. Yulia Navalnaya vowed to continue her husband's work fighting for a "free Russia".Also in the programme: a US plastic surgeon who worked in Gaza tells us that what he witnessed there looked like “the deliberate targeting of civilians”; and British journalist and film maker - Sean Langan - goes behind Russian lines in eastern Ukraine.(Photo: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, takes part in a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium on 19 February 2024. Credit: Reuters/Yves Herman)