Five things to know about FIFA’s controversial World Cup stake proposal

Explore five key facts about FIFA’s controversial World Cup commercial subsidiary proposal, including Infantino’s reassurances and global backlash.

As Ukraine intensifies strikes on Russian military targets in occupied Crimea, the peninsula is again at the center of the war. Here’s what to know about its strategic importance, contested history, Russia’s 2014 annexation, and why Crimea remains key to both Moscow and Kyiv’s military ambitions.

Here are five things to know about Crimea, a strategic area of outstanding beauty that has played a central part in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.