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The Islamic State (IS) group has released a video appearing to show the destruction of statues in Mosul museum, some of which are thousands of years old.
Why is it doing this, and where else has cultural heritage been affected by conflict? BBC News explains in 60 seconds.
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A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say.
An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin, police say.
He died hours after appealing for support for a march on Sunday in Moscow against the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the murder, the Kremlin says.
President Putin has assumed “personal control” of the investigation into the killing, said his spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Investigators said the murder could have been “a provocation aimed at destabilising the country”.
The investigative committee said in a statement that several motives for the killing were being considered including “Islamic extremism”.
US President Barack Obama condemned the “brutal murder” and called on the Russian government to conduct a “prompt, impartial and transparent investigation”.
The US Homeland Security Department has avoided a partial shutdown as Congress passed a one-week funding extension, hours before a midnight deadline.
The House of Representatives voted 357-60 in favour of the short-term bill after it had been passed in the Senate.
President Barack Obama, who said he would back a short-term deal to avert a shutdown, signed it shortly afterwards.
It ensures the department’s 250,000 employees will be paid while a longer-term funding agreement is discussed.
The two-thirds majority vote was reached about two hours before the midnight (05:00 GMT Saturday) deadline.
Earlier, Republicans had rejected a similar three-week extension after provisions against President Obama’s immigration plan were dropped.
The one-week deal was backed by a majority of Democrats despite many of them voting against the earlier bill in the hope that a longer-term deal could be agreed.
The move came shortly after President Obama had spoken by phone to Democratic leaders in a bid to avert the partial department closure.
Mexican police have captured the country’s most wanted drug lord, Servando “La Tuta” Gomez.
Mr Gomez, leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel, was arrested in Morelia in Michoacan state without a shot fired.
He was taken to Mexico City, where he was paraded before television cameras, before being flown by helicopter to a maximum security prison.
President Enrique Pena Nieto wrote on Twitter that the rule of law had been strengthened because of the arrest.
Police said they located him by following one of his messengers, part of a close network providing him with food and clothing.
He was captured when he stepped outside his house, wearing a hat and scarf to try to hide his identity.
Eight of his associates and several weapons, including a grenade launcher, were captured too. His brother, Flavio Gomez, who was in charge of the family’s finances, was also arrested.
Police spent months gathering intelligence for the operation and reportedly seized nearby properties in the weeks leading up Mr Gomez’s capture.
Russia has become a danger to Britain and the country must be prepared to take steps to defend itself and its allies, the former head of MI6 says.
Sir John Sawers, who recently retired after five years as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Russia poses a “state to state threat”.
Sir John said dealing with such threats would require more defence spending.
But he called on issues with Russia to be addressed by “increased dialogue”.
He said he was disappointed how, after the end of the Cold War, Russia’s and Europe’s paths had failed to converge.
Russia’s threat was “not necessarily directly to the UK but to countries around its periphery”.
“[Russia] keep on reminding us that they have nuclear weapons,” he said.
“The one level in which Russia and America are equals is at the nuclear level.
“Now we don’t want to have a repeat of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 where we got to the brink of nuclear war.
“We need to be able to address this through increased dialogue.”