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Images of Boris Johnson with a beer in his hand have emerged in Sue Gray's damning report of Downing Street parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Johnson is pictured in attendance at both, while Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case are spotted at the first - on the prime minister's birthday. In the report, Ms Gray stated that "the senior leadership at the centre, both political and official, must bear responsibility for this culture".
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After making it through the spring planting season, sometimes with the help of bulletproof vests and helmets, Ukraine's farmers are facing another challenge – finding enough diesel for the harvest to come. The war with Russia cut fuel supplies just as farmers stepped up work for the spring season and they have lost about 85% of their normal supplies since the conflict started on Feb. 24, farmers, fuel distributors and analysts say. The total area planted with grain this spring is already expected to be up to 30% smaller than last year because of the fighting, and yields could drop too if farmers don't get fuel so they can apply chemicals and harvest crops at the right time.
Footage released by the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic on May 25 shows weapons, ammunition, and personal items in parts of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol following the surrender of Ukrainian forces.The militia said they found “samples of weapons from NATO countries,” despite Ukrainian attempts to destroy some of the weapons left at the plant. This has not been independently verified.Footage shows armed members of the militia entering the plant and walking into a bunker. Clothes, ammunition, and weapons are seen strewn across the various rooms. At one point the camera focuses on clothing with the emblem of the Azov Battalion, a group with far-right origins that was incorporated into the Ukrainian National Guard and led the defense of Mariupol.The Russian Ministry of Defense said on May 20 that all Ukrainian fighters had been evacuated from Azovstal.In an interview with The Guardian on May 24, the wife of Azov Battalion commander Denys Prokopenko said she had been told by her husband that Ukrainian soldiers were being held in “satisfactory” conditions. Credit: Donetsk People’s Republic via Storyful
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A fire resulted in gas explosions at the Prairies de la Mer campsite in Grimaud, France, on Tuesday, May 24, with over 2,500 campers moved to safety, according to local news reports.One person and two children were “slightly” poisoned, officials said, with the fire destroying 18 mobile homes and damaging four.According to France Bleu Grimaud, the fire spread quickly because cylinders of gas stored in the dwellings exploded, causing the fire to jump from one mobile home to the next.According to a machine translation, local media said about 2,500 campers at the site were brought to safety, first evacuated to the beach before being directed to other bungalows in a secure area of the campsite. Fourteen people were evacuated from the campsite, and 30 will have to be relocated. Five cars were also destroyed by the flames.This video taken by Aure Ly shows smoke billowing from the area. Credit: Auré Ly via Storyful
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Civilians in the suburbs west of Kyiv are cleaning up the damage caused by the Russian invasion as trenches and shells remain, footage from the region shows.Video recorded by Maria Avdeeva shows substantial damage to shops and residential buildings in the western Kyiv suburbs of Makariv and Borodyanka. Her footage also shows a backyard trench, which she wrote was Russian.Avdeeva wrote: “No matter how terrified people are, they say that victory belongs to Ukraine and are ready to work and rebuild what was destroyed.”Residents in Makariv and Borodyanka were previously seen receiving aid from Lviv Police after the towns were heavily damaged in Russian attacks. Credit: Maria Avdeeva via Storyful
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