Today’s Lead News Stories

‘I congratulate you on returning to life’ says spy chief Budanov to Denis Kapustin, commander of a Russian unit fighting on the Ukrainian side. What we know on day 1,409

No missing persons report matching the woman’s description has been filed

The number of migrants arriving on UK shores in small boats reached its second-highest total last year since records were started in 2018, government statistics confirmed on Thursday. It comes despite a "one in, one out" scheme designed to send irregular migrants back to France.

‘He chose to stay when it would have been easier to leave,’ a friend wrote

Country’s largest women’s health organisation says case of Marius Borg Høiby encouraging people to seek help

Teenager allegedly threw a firecracker into dry grass.

“China has become one of the world’s fastest-rising economies in terms of innovative capacity,” Xi declared in a televised address on Wednesday.

After a missing Texas teen’s body was discovered near her home, her mother’s haunting words left the community shaken.

US intelligence officials persuade Donald Trump that Ukrainians did not target Putin with drones – reports. What we know on day 1,408