内容摘要：The true death toll for Russian forces increases significantly, if you include those who fought against Ukraine as part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.

The true death toll for Russian forces increases significantly, if you include those who fought against Ukraine as part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.

Last year,after the death of five people infected with the disease.

Families of Israeli hostages taken to Gaza in the 7 October attacks have expressed their increasing concern about the fates of loved ones, as doubts grow about how many are still alive.One family said the hostages were at risk "every day" they continued to be held captive by Hamas.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week

.He was reacting to US President Donald Trump's statement on Tuesday that only 21 of those taken in the Hamas-led attacks were still alive.

The BBC spoke to two families - including the brother of a hostage released by Hamas this year - after Israel's security cabinet approved an expanded offensive in Gaza.

Netanyahu said ministers had decided on a "forceful operation" to destroy Hamas and rescue the hostages, and that Gaza's 2.1 million population "will be moved, to protect it".Phil Johnson from Shelton and Bob Leigh from Penkhull are behind an idea to pay tribute to the locations which hold fond memories for many.

Mr Johnson said Historic England was in charge of the official plaques, which are almost exclusively in London, and they had only recently allowed them to be installed elsewhere in the country.A plaque for ceramic artist and designer Clarice Cliff is one of the first of the few official ones outside the capital. It is located at

, Stoke-on-Trent, where she lived at the height of her success."I was thinking, wouldn't it be fun to find a company that makes them, sort of 'mock' blue plaques," Mr Johnson said.