'Mariupolis 2', by director killed in Ukraine, premieres at Cannes
The documentary was completed by co-director Hanna Bilobrava after her fiancee and director Mantas Kvedaravičius was arrested and reportedly killed by Russian forces.
Proposals to rewrite the law take gender self-identification too far. Here’s the feminist case against, says writer Susanna Rustin
The former Campsfield House immigration removal centre near Oxford is to become a 400-bed detention site for men.
Judge sets hearing for 12 July, meaning abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy can resume for at least two weeks
Climate protesters have glued themselves to the frame of a painting in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and spray-painted their logo on the walls and floor of the building.
LONDON (Reuters) -London's Metropolitan Police Service was put in a special monitoring and improvement program by a watchdog on Tuesday and told to come up with an improvement plan after criticism over its handling of a string of high profile cases. "A series of appalling scandals have not only exposed deep cultural problems but have damaged the confidence of Londoners in the capital’s police service," the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said in a statement. "The decision by the HMIC to now move the Met into special measures has laid bare the substantial performance failings by the force."
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is heading to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit
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Illinois Republicans are choosing a nominee to take on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker this fall
ABC News reports President Joe Biden, despite his criticism of recent Supreme Court rulings, remains unmoved on the topic of court expansion.
A multinational task force designed to seize Russian oligarchs' wealth has blocked and frozen 30 billion US dollars (£25 billion) in sanctioned individuals' property and funds in its first 100 days in operation, it has been reported.
The European Commission vice-president warned that Northern Ireland Protocol Bill had set back progress on the issue by two years.
Here’s a look at every upcoming event announced by the MMA promotion so far
Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for a second Scottish independence referendum on October 19 2023, despite political opponents calling it a “pretend poll”. The vote’s legality will be determined by the Supreme Court in order to settle the argument about the Scottish Government’s right to hold a referendum, she said.
Survivors of yesterday's missile strike on a shopping centre in central Ukraine have described to ITV News how they crawled through flames to safety. At least 20 others did not make it out alive. That figure could more than double. Over 30 people are still missing. For one mother whose daughter has disappeared without trace, the not knowing is unbearable. Russia insists it was targetting a nearby store of weapons and ammunition in Kremenchuk - not the shopping centre.
Sir Colin Blakemore, the former Oxford Professor of Physiology and head of the Medical Research Council, who has died aged 78, endured threats, letter bombs and even parcels of HIV-infected hypodermic needles sent to his children, yet he remained Britain’s most outspoken advocate of vivisection and became one of the country’s best-known scientists, campaigning on issues such as drugs policy and libel reform.
A drink-driver who tried to evade police at more than 130mph was eventually stopped by a police stinger.
Former US president Donald Trump angrily lunged at his Secret Service driver and grabbed at the steering wheel of his limousine in a bid to join the crowd as it marched on the Capitol on the day of the deadly insurrection, an aide testified Tuesday.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Vladimir Putin was a ‘lunatic’ while Boris Johnson said ‘I think what he has done is evil’.
More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have now been recorded in the UK with more than half in London. The UK Health Security Agency, in its latest statistics, said 1,076 confirmed cases had now been recorded - a rise of 166 cases from the last reported data on June 24. 1,035 of the cases are in England with 659 confirmed in London though that figure may be higher as addresses are not available for every case.
Dame Deborah James had a “special gift” which allowed her to have “difficult conversations” with the public that would ultimately save “countless lives”, a charity boss has said. The podcaster, who died on Tuesday, became a patron for Bowel Cancer UK following her diagnosis in 2016 and worked to raise money for and awareness of the charity. Its chief executive Genevieve Edwards told the PA news agency her legacy would live on through her campaigning work.