Europe

Litter crew finds message launched in a bottle more than 5 decades ago

6:13am April 08, 2022

In 1966, 2 British teenagers, in search of boyfriends, launched a message in a bottle into an estuary in North Lincolnshire, England. The bottle was found a few yards from where its journey started.

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A satellite image from the company Planet shows Russian vehicles and an encampment in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on March 16, 2022.

Satellite photo shows Russian troops were stationed in Chernobyl's radioactive zone

9:06pm April 07, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

The satellite image lends credence to the idea that Russia may have exposed its troops to unhealthy levels of radioactivity.

David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd, performs live on stage at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2016.

How (members of) Pink Floyd reunited to record a song for Ukraine

8:27pm April 07, 2022

by Saeed Ahmed

Pink Floyd's "Hey Hey Rise Up" features vocals by Boombox singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk; it's the band's first new original music since 1994's "Division Bell."

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Ukrainian mayor describes being held hostage by Russian soldiers

5:03pm April 07, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

The Mayor of a Ukrainian town who was briefly taken hostage by Russian forces has emerged in France. He talks about what it was like being held by Russian soldiers and why he thinks he was released.

People crowd into a bus on Thursday on their way to a train station in Severodonetsk, as they try to flee eastern Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 7)

5:03pm April 07, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

World News

Russian forces' alleged murder, rape and torture of civilians may count as war crimes

4:36pm April 07, 2022

by Julie McCarthy

Attorney General Merrick Garland says the United States is assisting efforts to examine potential war crimes in Ukraine as evidence of violence against civilians mounts.

The U.S. is stepping up support for Ukraine in its war with Russia

4:22pm April 07, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

We look at the latest news out of Kyiv, from which Russian troops have pulled out, but the situation remains tense as an assault on eastern Ukraine is anticipated in the coming days.

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A shard of shrapnel protrudes from a wall. City Hospital No. 2 has routinely operated on patients who've needed shrapnel and bullets extracted from their bodies.

Health & Safety

Doctors in Chernihiv bear witness to their hospital's fate after Russian shelling

3:22pm April 07, 2022

by Ari Daniel

It was a sunny day in mid-March. The sky was blue. It felt like spring. Then the attack began on City Hospital No. 2. Doctors tell what it was like — and what's going on now.

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Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya urged the General Assembly to adopt a draft resolution suspending Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying thousands of Ukrainians have been killed, tortured, raped and robbed by Russia's military.

World News

U.N. members vote to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council

2:13pm April 07, 2022

by Bill Chappell

China was among those voting against the resolution, saying human rights were being politicized. Ukraine's U.N. ambassador said the case for suspending Russia is "obvious and self-explanatory."

A shipment of valuable art was seized at Finland's border with Russia, with customs officials citing sanctions stemming from the war in Ukraine.

Finnish customs seizes millions of dollars' worth of artwork headed to Russia

1:40pm April 07, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The paintings and sculptures, some of which are reportedly priceless, had been loaned by Russia to museums in Italy and Japan. Finnish agents detained them at a border crossing over the weekend.