Putin talks up his nuclear arsenal

'Step back from the brink', says U.N. chief

Hello Putin says Russia will deploy Sarmat nuclear missiles, the Israel-Gaza border heats up, and why a critical research report on Adani was a godsend for Indian truckers   by Linda Noakes   War in Ukraine, one year on A Ukrainian service member rides a tank near the frontline town of Vuhledar, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alex Babenko  Ukraine said its forces had repelled Russian assaults along the length of the front line on the eve of the war's anniversary, as President Vladimir Putin, empty-handed after a bloody winter offensive, talked up Russia's nuclear arsenal. Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, said that much-needed ammunition for his troops had been dispatched, after a public row in which he accused the military leadership of treason. Britain has begun to "warm up" its production lines to replace weapons sent to Ukraine and increase production of artillery shells to try to help Kyiv push back Russian forces, defence minister Ben Wallace said. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stepped up calls for increased financing support to Ukraine as the United States readies an additional $10 billion in economic assistance in coming weeks. Moldova dismissed an accusation by Russia's defense ministry that Ukraine planned to invade the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria after staging a false flag operation, and called for calm. The small country with a Romanian-speaking majority has long been caught between Russia and the West. Here's what you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine conflict right now. Around the World Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem  Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out air strikes across the Israel-Gaza frontier, a day after 11 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, renewing concerns of broader escalation. We are on the ground in Gaza in today's Reuters World News podcast. A major winter storm battered the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with high winds and heavy snow, forcing hundreds of schools to close, grounding air travel and making road travel difficult - if not impossible - in some U.S. areas. U.S. Congress Democrats accused House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy of endangering Capitol Police officers and potentially exposing security secrets if he releases thousands of hours of video footage from the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot to Fox News' Tucker Carlson. A gunman opened fire on two television journalists reporting on a murder near Orlando, Florida, killing one and wounding the other before fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl and wounding her mother in a nearby home. Northern Irish police suspect that the New IRA Irish nationalist militant group may have been responsible for the attempted murder of a senior detective who was shot in front of his son in the town of Omagh.  An earthquake of about 6.8 magnitude shook eastern Tajikistan and was felt in China. The quake struck the mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region which was hit by a series of deadly avalanches earlier this month. Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia's Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.  Business & Markets A guest looks at the dashboard display of a Mercedes-Benz prototype during a strategy update event at the company's North American Research and Development center in Sunnyvale, California, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria  Mercedes-Benz said it has teamed up with Google on navigation and will offer "super computer-like performance" in every car with automated driving sensors as it seeks to compete with Tesla. The German carmaker agreed to share revenue with semiconductor maker Nvidia to bring down the upfront cost of buying expensive high-powered semiconductors. Tufan Erginbilgic's mission to reverse Rolls-Royce's years of underperformance got off to a strong start when a recovery in flying helped it soundly beat forecasts for profit and cash in 2022. The new CEO said the results showed improvement but a lot more was needed to secure the future of the British engine-maker. Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection, the U.S. Copyright Office said in a letter seen by Reuters. The decision is one of the first by a U.S. court or agency on the scope of copyright protection for works created with AI. One of Britain's most experienced retail bosses has blamed the country's current shortage of salad vegetables on a lack of government support which has meant home growers have been unable to make up for supplies hit by poor harvests overseas.  Three climate-minded organizations are set today to sue BNP Paribas, the euro zone's biggest bank, on grounds its loans to oil and gas majors breach a legally binding duty to ensure its activities do not harm the environment. For truckers transporting cement from Adani's factories in a hilly north Indian state, a U.S. short-seller's critical research report on the giant conglomerate was a godsend they say helped them save their livelihoods. 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