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*** Warning: graphic frontline footage Ukraine’s forces have retreated from Avdiivka, a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces for months. Ukrainian troops pulled out as Russian forces advanced and seized control of the city in the Donetsk region. The retreat was ordered to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia's defence ministry said it had full control of the city, with President Vladimir Putin hailing it as an "important victory". Almost all of Avdiivka's pre-war population of more than 30,000 people have fled and the city itself is almost completely destroyed. Its fall marks Russia's biggest victory in Ukraine for months. Mr Zelensky blamed a lack of Western weapons supplies. US President Joe Biden accused his political opponents in Washington of sharing responsibility for the Ukrainian defeat. Ukraine has been experiencing shortages in ammunition and other military equipment. Its army depends on supplies from western allies. However the latest package of military aid from the United States has been blocked due to political opposition from Republicans and some Democrats in the US Congress. The United States has been Ukraine’s main weapons supplier, providing billions of dollars of military support since the Russian invasion in 2022.

The Lima work programme on gender: a watershed in climate action In a pivotal step in 2014, the Conference of the Parties laid the groundwork for the inaugural Lima work programme on gender (LWP) through the Decision 18/CP.20. COP22 decided to extend the initiative for another three years. The following year, COP23 adopted the first gender action plan, defining activities under five priority areas for action to advance women’s full, equal and meaningful participation, promote gender-responsive climate policy and the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in implementing the Convention. In 2019, two years later, COP25 adopted the five-year enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan, which will be reviewed this year.

Russia's most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, Russian news agencies report, quoting the prison service. Seen as President Vladimir Putin's most vociferous critic, Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term for offences widely considered politically motivated. He was moved to an Arctic penal colony, considered one of the toughest jails, late last year. The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said he had "felt unwell" after a walk on Friday. He had "almost immediately lost consciousness", it said in a statement. The causes of his death were being established, Tass news agency reported.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged parliament on 15 February to "say yes to equality" and approve a bill allowing same sex marriage. If passed, this bill would be a landmark victory for the LGBT+ community in the socially conservative country. Parliament is expected to vote through the bill later on Thursday, which would give same-sex couples the right to wed and adopt. This vote may make Greece one of the first Orthodox Christian countries to allow such unions.

The Israeli army says its special forces have raided the main hospital in southern Gaza. The Israeli military says it is carrying out a "precise and limited mission" at Nasser hospital after receiving intelligence that bodies of hostages taken by Hamas were held there. Hamas has dismissed Israel's claims as "lies”.