Europe

President Zelenskyy asks the UN Security Council to take action to stop the war

4:23pm April 05, 2022

by Jackie Northam

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded that the UN Security Council hold Russia accountable, and he urged the council to remove Russia as a member.

'Young Mungo' tells the love story of 2 boys — one Protestant, the other Catholic

4:23pm April 05, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Douglas Stuart about his latest book Young Mungo, centers on a romance between two teenage boys: one Protestant, one Catholic.

A person fills out an Irish census form on Sunday. A new time capsule feature allows people to add personal messages that stay under wraps for 100 years.

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Ireland's census has a time capsule with messages that won't be revealed until 2122

3:23pm April 05, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

As usual, Ireland's census asks for people's names, ages and relationships. But a new feature allows people to add personal messages that stay under wraps for 100 years.

Soldiers walk amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday.

Charging Putin for potential war crimes is difficult, and any penalty hard to enforce

11:07am April 05, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Neither Russia nor its president is likely to face an international tribunal — but that's not the only approach to war crimes, experts say.

Dima, who fled the war in Ukraine with his mother, attends an online class, at the "Saint John the Baptist" Monastery in Ruscova, where 12 Ukrainians are currently being hosted, on March 30, 2022 in Ruscova, Romania.

Millions of Ukrainian children are still in school despite the war

11:06am April 05, 2022

by Anya Kamenetz

Ukraine's focus on maintaining education during a war is in line with an emerging philosophy of disaster response.

The U.S. insists that Russia should be held accountable for war crimes

7:30am April 05, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer about options available to the U.S. and its allies for holding Russia responsible for alleged war crimes.

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Politics & Government

News brief: war crimes probe, COVID relief deal, Sri Lanka protests

7:30am April 05, 2022

Ukraine's president will address the U.N. Security Council. Senators reach a $10 billion deal on additional COVID funds. Protesters in Sri Lanka demand the president resign amid an economic crisis.

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Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, speaks to the press in the town of Bucha on the northwest edge of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday.

Ukraine president to speak at U.N. amid growing accusations of war crimes

6:08am April 05, 2022

by Dustin Jones

World leaders expressed outrage over reports of dead Ukrainian civilians — many of whom appear to have been executed — strewn about in Bucha, a city northwest of Kyiv.

The French are divided over the country's airtime equality law for candidates

5:11am April 05, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

In France, 12 presidential candidates are set to face off Sunday in the first round of the presidential election. And thanks to French election law, they all get equal time on the airwaves.

How a Ukrainian hospital, still recovering from COVID, pivoted to a new crisis: war

4:33pm April 04, 2022

Once war began in Ukraine, COVID ceased being the top-level medical concern. NPR's Scott Detrow spent 24 hours with a doctor doing everything he can to help with a whole new overwhelming crisis.