Black Russian squirrels attacked and killed a dog.

This story turns out to be a couple of years old, so its appearance in today’s Most read sectiion of the BBC website might be an overrun April Fools Day joke. But this more recent one about Scottish squirrels definitely isn’t a spoof:

Red squirrels get their own tsar

I hope for their sakes that they also get their own kremlin and politburo so they are properly organised to defend themselves against any Black Russian squirrels who try to claim him back.