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A potent, early-season nor’easter off the U. S. East Coast will bring some foul weather to portions of Atlantic Canada this weekend into early next week. The system will hit the northeastern states the hardest with high winds, heavy rainfall, and coastal flooding. Travel delays are likely at major hubs throughout the region. DON’T MISS: The strongest nor’easters are getting even stronger, study findsA major nor’easter in the worksMillions of people from North Carolina to Nova Scotia are in line for unsettled weather over the next few days from an early-season nor’easter. Strong winds will whip up rough surf, dangerous rip currents, and coastal flooding. Heavy rain is likely up and down the Interstate 95 corridor. The hardest-hit areas will see 50-75+ mm of rain from now until Tuesday. A centre of high pressure over Quebec will force the system to slow down or stall, prolonging the high winds and heavy rainfall over the region. Expect flight delays in New York and Boston due to wind and visibility, as well as slow and slick travel on area highways. Nova Scotia next in line for impactsGloomy conditions sticking around in Nova Scotia into early next week.

A Russian man secretly working for Ukraine's intelligence services has shared videos of surveillance work he says he has done for Kyiv inside Russia. The man, who we are calling Ivan, claims to have played a role in Ukrainian drone attacks on strategic bombers and munitions factories on his home soil. He features in a BBC World Service documentary about the shadowy world of Russian saboteurs. Ivan was cautious about how much detail he shared, making it impossible to verify the activities he claims to have carried out.56 minutes ago

Site search54 minutes agoMonica GarnseyBBC Eye Two Russian men secretly working for Ukraine's intelligence services have given rare accounts of operations they claim to have been involved with, that have targeted military assets and personnel inside Russia. One of the men, whom we are calling Ivan, claims to have played a role from Russia in Ukrainian drone attacks on strategic bombers and munitions factories on his home soil. He features in a BBC World Service documentary about the shadowy world of Russian saboteurs. The documentary, by independent Polish journalist Marcin Mamon, also features a man we are calling Foma, a Russian living in exile in Poland. Foma runs a network of undercover volunteers in Russia, that surveils high-level officers that the GUR - Ukraine's military intelligence service - is considering targeting, he says. He stresses they are never involved in the attacks themselves. Getty ImagesLt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was killed in Moscow last year by an explosive device hidden under his carThere have been previous media reports of Russian sabotage groups, but it is rare to get access to someone operating on the ground, like Ivan, explaining alleged activities.