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The Kurdish-led militia, the Syrian Democratic Forces, say as many as 90 Islamic State militants at a jail in north-east Syria have still not surrendered despite a week of fighting. We speak to journalist in the city of Hasaka.

Our colleague from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Russian Service explains what is known about the Russian private mercenary groups and their involvement in coups in the African continent.

In Japan, six young people are suing the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant after contracting thyroid cancer. We ask an expert what is known about an increase in thyroid cancer after nuclear disasters.

We answer your questions about Covid-19 with the help of Dr Emma Hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland.

As part of our conversations on the Ukraine-Russia crisis, we hear how Ukrainian civilians are getting military training to prepare for a possible Russian invasion. We bring together three women – one of them a sniper – in Kyiv to share their experiences.

And we speak to an Australian student who first discovered an unknown spinning object in the Milky Way that scientists claim is unlike anything seen before.

(Photo: Syrian Kurdish female Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo near Ghwayran prison following the recapture, in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, 26 January 2022. Credit: AHMED MARDNLI/EPA)