Kyiv says Russia used new weapon in Kharkiv attack

Russian forces deployed a new weapon in their latest strike on Ukraine that left at least 10 people dead, officials said.

Regional authorities said a residential building in Kharkiv was hit by a new Russian cruise missile known as Izdeliye-30. Ukrainian reports said Russia started using the new subsonic air-launched weapon recently. It has a range of 1,500km and is equipped with a new satellite navigation system more resistant to jamming.

The missile strike, part of a larger attack targeting almost all of Ukraine, also wounded 16 people in Kharkiv.

Among the dead was a primary schoolteacher and her son, a second-grade student, who were killed in their home and an eighth-grader who died with her mother, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia struck with 29 missiles and 480 drones overnight, targeting energy facilities in Kyiv and other central regions and damaging at least seven locations across the country.

Hamilton left furious as Russell capitalises for Australian GP victory

By the closing stages, Lewis Hamilton was at the end of his tether. “Leave me to it,” came the call to his (temporary) race engineer Carlo Santi, a remark we’ve become accustomed to hearing. No doubt the Briton’s blood was boiling underneath his yellow helmet as another podium opportunity at Ferrari passed him by in round one.

The Scuderia’s decision not to pit Hamilton after a dozen laps under a virtual safety car was questionable. Their call not to box either the Brit or teammate Charles Leclerc was downright ignorant. Mercedes, and their lead driver George Russell, were only too happy to walk through the door left wide open.

It was far more dramatic than the Silver Arrows and Russell would have wished but, ultimately, their irrepressible power was too much. Having lost his lead at the start to Leclerc, Russell held his nerve, kept his cool and trusted the machinery beneath him.

Despite much fluctuation, Mercedes kept the front-row lockout they started with, as Russell won by three seconds to teammate Kimi Antonelli. It is Mercedes’s first one-two finish without Hamilton’s involvement since two F1 legends, in Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, in 1955.

Leclerc, possibly the standout driver on the day, had to settle for third with Hamilton having to wait a bit longer for his first Scuderia podium. Fourth, once more. Lando Norris held off Max Verstappen’s 14-place charge to finish fifth. And as for Oscar Piastri? The most dreaded of exits, with a shunt on a lap to the starting grid. Across Albert Park, dismay wherever you looked.

Yet at the front, a few hours later, it was all shining black-and-silver. “Very nice, I like this car!” Russell said. “I like this engine, great job.” The favourite for a reason, even with 23 rounds remaining, it already feels like Russell’s title to lose.

“I made a bad start, some really tight battles,” he said. “It’s been a long time coming to have this car beneath me, but couldn’t have started out in a better way.”

Keeping his composure, amid the madness, was the fulcrum to his victory. Yet the drama, the Aussie heads twisting in disbelief throughout this spot, a stone’s throw from St Kilda beach, started 40 minutes before the season-opener even started.

On the customary reconnaissance laps to the starting grid, Melbourne native Piastri inexplicably lost control at turn four, spinning into the wall and smashing the front of his McLaren car. There would be no recovery; there would be no home saviour. It was the most staggering of scenes to start 2026.

Thousands of Piastri fans, adorned in green T-shirts in the grandstand literally named in his honour, sat down in utter bewilderment. And the Australian curse at their home grand prix – not one podium finish in 41 years – continues.

There was no shortage of drama when the lights went out. Ferrari’s epic race starts were the talk of testing a fortnight ago and, sometimes, the hype should be believed. Leclerc, starting in fourth, weaved his way smoothly through the field to take first at turn one while Hamilton – aided by an empty pit box in front of him due to Piastri’s absence – also stormed up the leaderboard from seventh to third.

And the opening exchanges were fierce. Leclerc and Russell swapped occupation of P1 multiple times with thrilling passes at the high-speed turn nine, as well as the slow right-hander at turn three. Hamilton watched on, best seat in the house, in third, waiting for any mistake.

It did not come. Russell and Leclerc’s race craft was first class, despite Russell’s criticism of one late defensive move. “That was very dangerous by Leclerc,” he said.

And so it was to much irritation for all onlookers when Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar, who started P3 with Verstappen at the back, retired due to a mechanical failure. That brought out the virtual safety car, Mercedes boxed their men, and the thrilling events at the front of the pack were shaken up.

Would this be a year of difference? Would Ferrari’s infamous blunderous strategy team rear its head once again? The answer would be yes. While the majority pitted, the Scuderia kept both their drivers out.

“At least one of us should have come in,” an apopleptic Hamilton appealed on the radio. By the time the opportunity was missed, Russell was just 10 seconds behind. “How are they only 10 seconds?” Hamilton queried. He wasn’t the only one perplexed by his team’s call.

Hamilton ordered fairness amongst the drivers, too. “My tyres are still OK – do not box me at the same time.” Point made. Leclerc was pitted on lap 25, before Russell caught up and effortlessly passed Hamilton, who was then ordered in. The mistake had already been made – it was a typical prancing horse error.

From that moment on, Russell’s victory looked inevitable. Young British drivers behind fought valiantly for positions and 18-year-old Arvid Lindblad, on debut, finished an impressive eighth, a spot behind compatriot Ollie Bearman.

Yet the on-track action was limited in the final 20 laps or so. Verstappen, who started 20th, had stormed up to sixth by the time he met reigning world champion Norris, who was short on pace throughout the weekend but had enough to hold off his 2025 title rival.

But while Russell remained unbothered out in front, his former teammate Hamilton sighed once more. Desperate for this Ferrari move to work, will this be the moment he feels a certain sense of regret at that transfer? Perhaps so.

Andrew ‘received massage’ from woman abused by Epstein, FBI told

A Brazilian woman who was abused by paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein told the FBI how she massaged Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor before he gave her a massage back.

It was revealed in an FBI document, released as part of the US Department of Justice’s document dump related to Epstein, that the woman went to Epstein’s home in New York and Andrew was in the kitchen.

The woman, who grew up in Brazil, told the FBI that she was “quite shocked to see him”.

The woman, whose name has been redacted in the document dated December 2020, told the FBI how Epstein “pushed her against the wall trying to take her top off” in another room after the massages, in which everyone was fully-clothed.

It is not clear when the incident is said to have happened.

It comes after one photo in a separate document in the Epstein files appears to show Andrew touching a fully-clothed woman’s abdomen.

The woman told the FBI in the document how she first met Epstein and described being abused by him.

She went on to describe going to Epstein’s home in New York and how, after massaging the former duke’s back, he massaged her back, shoulders, waist, and hands.

The document says: “(Redacted) went to Epstein’s home in New York and he took her to the kitchen. Prince Andrew was in the kitchen with another girl. (Redacted) recognised Prince Andrew and was quite shocked to see him.

“(Redacted) described the girl as being approximately 20 something and able to speak good English but not an American.

“Epstein told his Prince Andrew that (redacted) was good at massages.

“Epstein asked (redacted) to massage Prince Andrew’s shoulders and back.

“(Redacted) started massaging Prince Andrew’s back. Epstein left the room and came back to the room with a camera.

“Prince Andrew then told (redacted) it was her turn to be massaged. Prince Andrew massaged (redacted) back, shoulders, waist, and hands.”

The document adds: “Everyone had clothes on during these massages. (Redacted) just wanted to leave. Epstein then told (redacted) to come with him and he took her to a different room from the room where Prince Andrew and the girl was in; Epstein then pushed her against the wall trying to take her top off.

“Epstein told (redacted) he wanted to take a picture of her.

“(Redacted) told him he could take a picture but she would not let him take her top off.

“Epstein asked (redacted) about her marriage and told her she could do well in London.

“Epstein told her that marriage could be boring and they could do things together.”

It comes after the former duke was arrested last month on suspicion of misconduct in public office following allegations he shared sensitive information with the paedophile financier while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.

Andrew has denied any wrongdoing over his links to the convicted sex offender, but has not directly responded to the latest allegations.

He spent around 11 hours in custody in February as searches were conducted at his home on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk and at his former home, Royal Lodge in Windsor, Berkshire, and was released pending investigation.

Andrew served as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment from 2001 until 2011, when he stepped down amid controversy over his friendship with Epstein.

Celtic win Scottish Cup quarter-final vs Rangers in penalty shootout

Celtic pulled off the perfect smash-and-grab at Ibrox Stadium as they defeated Rangers in a penalty shootout to reach the Scottish Cup semi-finals.

A week on from the dramatic 2-2 draw between these old rivals in the Scottish Premiership, the clubs met again in the Scottish Cup and Rangers were dominant throughout.

Danny Rohl’s side pinned Celtic into their own final third for close to 120 minutes but couldn’t find a way through. The Hoops had a goal ruled out for offside in the first half after Daizen Maeda nodded in a cross and the Gers scored in extra time only for VAR to rule that goal out for handball too.

The match went to a penalty shootout and misses from James Tavernier and Djeidi Gassama were enough to send Celtic through after four perfect spot kicks. The result was soured however by chaotic scenes after the shootout as the pitch was flooded by the opposing sets of fans who squared off with each other.

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Ian Huntley’s daughter says she was ‘over the moon’ when killer died

The daughter of Soham murderer Ian Huntley has said that she was “over the moon” to find out that he had died – and said his ashes should be flushed down the toilet.

Samantha Bryan said, after his death: “I felt relieved. I didn’t cry. I smiled. I was over the moon to be honest.”

Huntley died in hospital on Saturday after he was attacked in the workshop of a maximum security prison by an inmate.

The 52-year-old former school caretaker suffered severe brain trauma in the attack at HMP Frankland, Durham on 26 February.

Huntley was convicted for the 2002 murder of 10-year-old schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in a case that shocked the nation. The girls had left a family barbecue to buy sweets before they were murdered by Huntley.

Samantha Bryan is the only child of Huntley. Her mother, Katie Bryan, had been in a relationship with Huntley when she was 15 before becoming pregnant at 16 and leaving the relationship.

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After his death, she told the paper: “I’m just glad he’s gone. It wasn’t as much of a shock as when I heard last week he’d been terribly injured as I thought he’d died then.

“So I was kind of expecting this call. But at the same time it is a shock to be told your biological father is dead. He’s nothing to me apart from biology”.

She added: “Over the years I’ve cried many times over the thought of Holly and Jessica and what their family have gone through. I don’t ever want Holly and Jessica to ever be forgotten.”

Huntley, one of Britain’s most reviled killers, was jailed for life with a minimum 40-year tariff in December 2023. Huntley lured Holly and Jessica into his home in Soham, Cambridgeshire, where he lived with Maxine Carr, a teaching assistant at the girls’ school.

With Carr away for the weekend, Huntley murdered the girls and dumped their bodies in a ditch 10 miles away. Their disappearance sparked a search involving hundreds of police officers.

As the nation’s media descended on Soham to report on the disappearances, Huntley gave interviews to journalists, with one reporter Brian Farmer from the Press Association becoming so concerned afterwards that he went to the police.

During his trial at the Old Bailey, Huntley tried to convince the jury that Holly had suffered a nosebleed and that she drowned in the bath, and he killed Jessica as he tried to silence her screams.

They did not believe him and he was convicted of two counts of murder.

A spokesperson for Durham Constabulary said that the police investigation into the circumstances of Huntley’s death was ongoing and a file was being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service for the consideration of charges.

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‘I’m 12 and have a disease that affects only 13 people in the world’

When 11-year-old Trey Taylor woke up from the coma he had been in for six weeks, he discovered he had a new heart.

Trey, now 12, remembers waking up in a white room, feeling frightened and desperately wanting to speak to his father, but being unable to make any sound. His vocal cords had swollen after weeks on a ventilator, leaving him unable to talk for several days.

He said: “Dad said he could see the fear in my eyes when I found out I couldn’t speak. He saw them expand.”

Trey also found out he had a rare condition that is believed to affect just 12 other people in the world.

He is living with an exceptionally rare strain of LMNA gene-related muscular dystrophy, which affects all the muscles in his body, including his heart.

Less than two months beforehand, he had been shopping with his mother when he suddenly felt ill and began throwing up.

His family thought Trey had norovirus. But as he became more unwell over the following days, he was rushed to hospital, where doctors found his heart was dangerously enlarged.

“That’s when I knew something was very bad,” his mother, Elise Taylor, told The Independent. “I was under the impression my son had norovirus… so to then be told 48 hours later that he was in multi-organ failure and he was actually dying became very scary and overwhelming.”

While Trey was in an induced coma, he was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for a heart transplant. For his mother, one of the biggest struggles was not being able to talk to her son for so long.

“That was really hard, because we love a little chat and we are always singing, we’re always doing silly things, and we’re always together,” she said.

“I really felt like part of me was missing, and the only thing I could do about it was stay by his bed and read to him, hoping that he knew I was there.”

Because of his condition, the protein in Trey’s leg muscles is unable to regenerate, which means he cannot walk freely and needs a wheelchair.

A year on from his transplant, he said the biggest challenge is trying to explain his condition to people. People will assume that he is paralysed and cannot move his legs, which is not true.

“If everybody had just a little bit more knowledge and understanding, then I think it would make the world more inclusive,” Ms Taylor said.

Despite the hurdles, he said he was happy to find out how unique his condition was: “Because I’m one of 13 and I’m not ordinary anymore.”

Ms Taylor said her life goal is to encourage as many people as she can to become organ donors. “It feels freaky, but it saves lives, and Trey’s proof of that,” she explained.

“I never thought of it or saw it like that until I was there, but I wish I had known many years ago. I would have spent a lot of years making sure everybody I’m related to and everybody I know had opted in and decided to donate all their organs.”

Aoife Regan, director of impact and charitable programmes at GOSH Charity, said: “We’re so happy to see Trey celebrate one year since his heart transplant and we’re wishing him and his family all the best as he continues his recovery.”

Marking Rare Disease Day on 28 February, the charity called for more research into rare childhood diseases that are affecting children like Trey.

Rare Disease Day aims to create more awareness and change for the 300 million people who live with a rare disease across the world.

GOSH Charity is the largest dedicated funder of child health research, and has invested more than £70m towards research into rare or complex childhood diseases.

“Trey’s journey shows what specialist care can do and is also a powerful reminder of the need for further research into rare diseases,” Ms Regan added.

“Half of all rare diseases affect children and as new discoveries are made, it is vital that no child is left behind to make sure promising breakthroughs and treatments can reach the children who need them.”

New Zealand chase imposing 256 against India in T20 World Cup final

India are facing New Zealand in today’s T20 World Cup final as the hosts aim to become the first country to win a third men’s crown in the shortest format of the game, and the first to retain the title.

India saw off England in Mumbai on Thursday to book their place in the showpiece at Ahmedebad, after New Zealand had shocked the tournament’s in-form side, South Africa, in the first semi-final in Kolkata.

India are the favourites with home advantage on their side and a surpreme batting line-up full of six-hitting power, including captain Suryakumar Yadav, batter Ishan Kishan and their semi-final match-winner Sanju Samson.

New Zealand boast their own power in Finn Allen, who blasted South Africa off the park in the semis, and Tim Seifert at the top of the order. But they will have to find a way to contain the great Jasprit Bumrah if they are to overcome India and lift the T20 World Cup for the first time.

Follow all the latest updates from the Narendra Modi Stadium below.