Who is the Georgian woman who braved the water cannons while brandishing an EU flag? Also, who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines? Should we listen to the whispers that a "pro-Ukrainian group" was behind it? Plus, Turkey's Erdogan has fired the starting gun on election season, after widespread accusations that his response to the earthquake was slow and cost lives. Can he hold onto power with an opposition united against him? Finally, there's a blooming Franco-British bromance between PM Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron with the UK premier at the Élysée Palace this Friday, days after announcing a controversial plan to "stop the boats".

The Ukrainian frontline town of Bakhmut has been dubbed the "meat grinder" for the high number of battlefield casualties on both sides. Kyiv had pledged to hold on to the fortress town for as long as possible, but has now given hints of a tactical withdrawal. Meanwhile, the head of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group has said his forces have practically encircled the town, one of the last major holdouts of the Donetsk region.

One year ago today, Vladimir Putin shocked the world with his bid to take Kyiv and the rest of Ukraine. It turned out to be the first of many surprises.

Eleven days since the worst earthquakes ever to hit modern Turkey and Syria, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. More than 260 hours on, a 14-year-old and a 34-year-old were rescued in the historic city of Antakya. Volunteers have worked around the clock with the next challenge already upon them. Elsewhere, balloons are on the agenda between the US and China at the Munich Security Conference. Also, the sky's the limit for Air India. We ask our panel what they make of that record order of Airbus and Boeing airplanes.

It's five days on from Turkey's deadliest earthquakes since 1939 and through the grief and despair, rescuers persist. Turkey's president is acknowledging hiccups and vowing a 10,000 lira handout, the equivalent of 531 dollars, to each family affected by the quake.

The first EU summit inside Ukraine, in wartime, has been led by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel. It is a trip steeped in symbolism as the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion ticks closer. The European leaders are determined to show their support and solidarity with the Ukrainian government. However, Ukraine is seeking something more: fast-tracked EU membership. Volodymyr Zelensky said he wants to start negotiations this year.

Germany's watershed moment, a nation adverse to conflict zones approving tanks for Ukraine after guarantees of the same from the U-S. How far will NATO go? Also, an artificial intelligence chatbot capable of passing an elite business school MBA exam...a sign we're headed for a dystopian future?

It is a yellow-coloured kitchen with all mod cons. But there is no wall left. The picture taken by Reuters photographer Yan Dobronosov shows the impact of last weekend's Russian air strike against an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Some 45 people were killed when a cruise missile slammed into the building.

In Ukraine, Russia is on the cusp of scoring its first battlefield win in months by using infantry as cannon fodder for the taking of the salt mining town of Soledar. It's a key stepping stone to Bakhmut, which then leads to the big rail and road hubs that link the Donbas to the rest of the country. Putin's Wagner mercenaries seemed to jump the gun when they started claiming on Tuesday that they alone had taken Soledar. That was then denied by the Kremlin before the Russian military repeated the claim this Friday.

Vladimir Putin unilaterally declared a truce for January 6, through January 7, to mark the Orthodox Christmas. However, rumors from the battelfield in Ukraine indicate that shelling has continued regardless as Russian forces struck the town of Kramatorsk twice.