South African senior police detective Frans Mathipa was shot while driving after being told he would receive crucial information about a sensitive case he was working on, in which the army's special forces were implicated. Now seven members of the special forces, and one military police officer, have been charged with his murder in August 2023. However, there are fears their trial will never go ahead. The men, who deny the allegations, still work for the special forces and one has been promoted. Now, we have been given access to the prosecution case against them, which presents compelling evidence that the special forces are responsible for the father-of-five's murder. The South African army has not responded to a request for comment.

A child is among the victims who have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike deep inside Russia in the republic of Tatarstan, officials have said. The attack on the city of Nizhnekamsk, which is more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the Ukrainian border and home to several major oil refineries, is one of the deadliest single attacks on Russia since the start of the war. 

When Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in December 2024, many in his regime seemingly vanished overnight, leaving a trail of unanswered questions and demands for justice in their wake. One of those was Hussam Luka, the head of Syria's most powerful civilian intelligence agency and one of the most feared men in the country, who is accused of orchestrating atrocities. Days after Assad's fall, we entered Luka's apartment and found his phone book. What followed was months of painstaking work as we tracked down his contacts to find out where the man known as "The Spider" is hiding.