Ukrainian drones strike Moscow hours before leaders arrive for WW2 parade6 hours agoJessica Rawnsley & Victoria BourneBBC NewsEPARussia and Ukraine exchanged a barrage of strikes overnight on...
Joe Biden on Trump: 'What president ever talks like that? That's not who we are'1 hour agoNick RobinsonToday programme presenterReporting fromDelawareBBCIn an exclusive and remarkably candid...
Rosenberg: Russians remember WW2 with victory on their minds1 hour agoSteve RosenbergBBC Russia editorBBCEighty miles from Moscow, a park echoes to the sound of explosions and gunfire.As plumes of...
Piers Morgan has revealed that things didn't go to plan on Tuesday (May 6) when he attempted to interview controversial rapper, Kanye West.Taking to Instagram, the veteran broadcaster explained that...
VE Day 80: Poignant thank you to a heroic generation5 hours agoSean CoughlanRoyal correspondentReporting fromBuckingham PalacePA MediaThis VE Day 80 parade was a celebration that paid its respects,...
Allied War correspondents are shown where Hitler’s body was said to have been burned and buried (Image: Getty)No one knew how or when the Third Reich would collapse. British parliamentarian Harold...
A Ukrainian who fought alongside Britain to defeat the Nazis pleaded “do not give up on us” as the country battles for survival 80 years on.Proudly displaying his war medals, Volodoymir Overko,...
What is it about the Second World War? As a crime writer, it’s often struck me as odd that although most people would be disgusted by a real murder – if it were to take place outside their house...
Europe marks VE Day with Trump on its mind1 hour agoKatya AdlerEurope Editor•@BBCkatyaadlerBBC"Celebration? What celebration? It feels more like a funeral" - the damning words of a former senior...
Europe marks VE Day with Trump on its mind1 hour agoKatya AdlerEurope Editor•@BBCkatyaadlerBBC"Celebration? What celebration? It feels more like a funeral" - the damning words of a former senior...
A British war veteran who survived the D-Day landings, as well as being shot three times in the line of duty, has died aged 101. Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, served in...
Russell Brand appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday 2nd May and was granted bail over historic rape and sexual assault charges. During the brief hearing, the court heard allegations...
A Yorkshire pub is rolling back the cost of a beer to the equivalent of 1945 prices to celebrate VE Day - with nostalgic punters able to quench their thirst for just 7p a pint. When Britons drunk to...
Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen22 hours agoDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had...
An iconic Supermarine Spitfire (MK Vb) pictured in 1941 (Image: Getty)That the defeat of Germany and victory in Europe was possible at all in 1945 was not something that hinged solely upon the...