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‘Return to the dark days’: Protests take aim at Zelensky for first time since Russian invasion
Thousands of people, including soldiers and veterans, gathered in the streets of Kyiv, furious at moves by the Ukrainian president to weaken anti-corruption institutions.
- by Marc Santora
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Two sailors rescued after ‘cool, calm and collected’ orcas ram yacht
Scientists are struggling to explain a phenomenon which has seen a particular group of orcas approach boats from the stern and hit their rudder before losing interest.
- by James Crisp, Joe Pinkstone and James Badcock
Protests spread across UK as police admit drawing rival groups together
Anti-migrant demonstrators and refugee-advocate rivals are coming together outside asylum hotels as an explosive dispute about where to house thousands of people crossing the English Channel gathers pace.
- by David Crowe
Police warn against violence as Trump prepares to tour his Scottish golf courses
Authorities fear protests against the US president could exceed those held when Trump visited his golf courses in 2018.
- by David Crowe
Father who moved family to Russia to escape ‘woke’ America is sent to front line
Derek Huffman, who relocated his family to Russia seeking “traditional” values, thought he had joined the Russian Army in a non-combat role.
- by Kieran Kelly and Louis Brady
Inside Russia’s suicide drone factories manned by teenagers
Children as young as 15 are recruited to help increase the production of drones, a key to Vladimir Putin’s plans to relentlessly pound Ukrainian cities and drain morale.
- by Daniel Hardaker
Dramatic video shows Manchester bus roof sheared off by low bridge
Fifteen people have been injured, some seriously, after a double-decker bus smashed into a low bridge.
- by Tom Housden
It’s a perfect English town. Now a battle over asylum seekers is ripping it apart
The quiet community – similar to leafy suburbs on the edges of Sydney and Melbourne – has become a flashpoint over asylum seekers as right-wing outsiders escalate the situation with violence.
- by David Crowe
Nick Cave draws a crowd – but the queues aren’t to listen to his music this time
The Australian singer has given shoppers at a small store in England an unexpected insight into his creative life.
- by David Crowe
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A fight at the opera as performer unfurls Palestine flag on stage
The London cast member fended off an attendant who tried to remove the flag during curtain calls at the Royal Opera House. Hours earlier, police arrested more than 100 people at protests across the UK.
- by David Crowe
The Chinese political bribery scandal that’s rattling Europe
Tech company Huawei, which has also sparked security concerns in Australia, is at the centre of a court case emerging as a major test of ethics, integrity and foreign influence in the EU.
- by David Crowe
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