Kirillov, who has been killed in Moscow, was accused by the West of overseeing the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Disruption is expected on the roads, with Met Office yellow warnings announced for parts of the UK....
A reported attack on a Russian town comes after Ukraine said Moscow had launched a new attack on Kyiv....
The Lib Dems warn tens of thousands of pensioners risk missing Saturday's deadline to get help with energy costs....
Kurdish forces say there's a real threat IS militants will try to break out comrades held in their jails in the north east....
Army defectors say units sent to fight against Ukraine will have high morale but won't be battle hardened....
Leaked intelligence from military spies is helping turn the civil war in the resistance’s favour, BBC finds....
Russian President Vladimir Putin was speaking at an annual end-of-year press conference....
Putin tells an end-of-year press conference there should have been "systemic preparation" for the full-scale invasion....
Strong winds will affect the UK this weekend which could cause disruption for the festive getaway....
Hospice leaders had warned they were being forced to close beds closing due to financial pressures....
Some 1,000 have been injured and senior officers are among the casualties, an MP says, quoting officials....
Defence Secretary John Healey visits Kyiv to discuss plans to provide more support to Ukraine....
The Federal Reserve warned it would be cautious about more interest cuts in the face of inflation concerns....
There has been a rapid increase in the number of suspects radicalised on the internet, police say....
Images show a build up of military vehicles at Russia's two bases in Syria near the Mediterranean Sea....
The agency says assessments before last month's storm did not suggest the severe floods coming....
A 29-year-old Uzbekistan citizen admits he was recruited by Ukraine's special services, Russia claims....
Climate change makes it trickier for Churchill's residents to co-exist with increasingly hungry predators...
The killing of Igor Kirillov is a wake-up call for the Russian capital, writes Steve Rosenberg....
The BBC's Analysis Editor, along with BBC Verify, takes a look at material from the scene to assess what we know....
Russian general killed outside residential block by a bomb hidden in a scooter....
Attacks on Russian figures have become more brazen as Ukrainian special services penetrate security in Moscow....
Ukrainian sources tell the BBC the country's security service was behind the killings....
Footage from the scene shows a blast targeting the Russian general as he left a Moscow apartment block....
These would be the first reported casualties since North Korea sent troops to support Russia in October....
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns....
Rescuers search through debris after the French Indian Ocean territory was hit by the worst storm in 90 years....
In what appears to be his first reaction since fleeing Syria, the former president says Russia decided to airlift him to Moscow....
Ministers plan to combine smaller councils across England, prompting warnings of "turmoil" over mergers....
