26 h. ago Bono issues call to ‘stop war’ as U2 perform Sunday Bloody Sunday at The Ivors

The performance came after the group became the first Irish songwriters to be awarded an academy fellowship.

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36 h. ago U2’s Bono calls to ‘stop war’ as band perform Sunday Bloody Sunday at The Ivors

The performance came after the group became the first Irish songwriters to be awarded an academy fellowship.

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55 h. ago Vika: The journalist who exposed Russian “black sites”, then ended up in one – podcast

Viktoriia Roshchyna was investigating Russia’s torture sites, then found herself inside one. Manisha Ganguly and Juliette Garside reportViktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist known as Vika, was determined to report on Russia’s “black sites”.“These ‘black sites’, they’re not prisons; there’s no control on behaviour there,” Juliette Garside, an editor at the Guardian, tells Michael Safi. “So it’s where we know that some of the worst war crimes, the worst human rights abuses, take place. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Chilling reason Mexico’s deadliest gangs have formed ‘super cartel’ revealed

A deadly alliance between two of Mexico's most powerful gangs threatens to intensify the nation's drug war - and could also result in more drugs and guns flowing into the US

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4 d. ago Trump and Putin hold phone call but Kremlin refuses Ukraine ceasefire

Trump describes call as ‘excellent,’ despite Putin’s lack of support for ceasefire that US said was primary objectiveTrump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire discussions to start immediately but Kremlin denies timeline for talks – liveVladimir Putin and Donald Trump have held a rare phone call, which the US leader described as “excellent,” but the Kremlin refused to agree to a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine, despite pressure from Washington and European allies.Speaking to reporters in Sochi after the two-hour conversation on Monday, Putin described the call as “very meaningful and frank,” and said he was prepared to work with Ukraine on drafting a memorandum for future peace talks. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Vladimir Putin expands nuclear missile base after test at frozen site kills five in radiation leak

A Russian military base that has reportedly seen Vladimir Putin's nuclear-powered missiles being tested appears to have been expanded according to satellite imagery

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1 week ago Cannibal killer who murdered pals and ate them freed for chilling reason

Denis Gorin, 45, was sentenced to 22 years in a penal colony in 2018 for stabbing a man to death before eating some of his flesh. He was later freed to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine

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2 w. ago Sudan to cut ties with United Arab Emirates over alleged RSF support

UAE insists it does not provide arms to paramilitary group as Sudanese ambassador recalledSudan’s security and defence council has declared that it will break diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates over its alleged backing of the paramilitary Sudanese Rapid Support Forces.During a televised speech on Tuesday, Sudan’s defence minister, Yassin Ibrahim, said Sudan was “severing diplomatic relations with the UAE” and recalling its ambassador, claiming the Gulf nation had breached Sudan’s sovereignty through its RSF “proxy”, which has been fighting the army in a bloody civil war since April 2023. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel

A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.”

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3 w. ago Female Ukrainian journalist killed by Russia sent back marked as 'unnamed male'

Viktoria Roshchyna’s brain, eyes, and larynx had been removed before her body was sent back to Ukraine, two and a half years after she went missing in Russian-occupied territories

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3 w. ago Chilling reason why Russia removed brain and throat of Ukrainian journalist in sickening torture rituals after she was captured while reporting on Putin's bloody war

Prisoner of war Viktoria Roshchyna, 27, was held in occupied Ukraine and tortured by Vladimir Putin's brutal regime.

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3 w. ago Russia says it will NOT agree a Ukraine ceasefire anytime soon because conflict is 'too complicated'

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow that President Putin supports a ceasefire initiative' but not before 'a series of nuances' are solved

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3 w. ago Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna brutally tortured in Russian custody, new investigation reveals

Examination of Roshchyna’s body in Ukraine revealed that her brain, eyes, and parts of trachea were missing

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3 w. ago Ukrainian journalist's body is returned home from Russia 'without eyes or a brain' in a bag labelled 'unidentified male'

Viktoria Roshchyna's body was returned to Kyiv on April 24 after she disappeared into an unofficial detention centre in occupied Ukraine in August 2023.

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3 w. ago ‘Numerous signs of torture’: Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison

The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final monthsThe exchange took place on a lonely forest road in February. Moving along a line of refrigerated lorries, the teams in hazmat suits went about their grim work: preparing the remains of 757 Ukrainian military casualties handed over by Russia for the journey back to Kyiv.Clipboards in hand, intermediaries from the Red Cross checked their lists. For each body shrouded in white plastic, the Russians had provided a number, a name, a location, sometimes a cause of death. And then, at the very bottom of the last page, a mystery entry: “NM SPAS 757.” The letters were abbreviations, taken to mean “unidentified man” and “extensive damage to the coronary arteries”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison

The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final monthsThe exchange took place on a lonely forest road in February. Moving along a line of refrigerated lorries, the teams in hazmat suits went about their grim work: preparing the remains of 757 Ukrainian military casualties handed over by Russia for the journey back to Kyiv.Clipboards in hand, intermediaries from the Red Cross checked their lists. For each body shrouded in white plastic, the Russians had provided a number, a name, a location, sometimes a cause of death. And then, at the very bottom of the last page, a mystery entry: “NM SPAS 757.” The letters were abbreviations, taken to mean “unidentified man” and “extensive damage to the coronary arteries”. Continue reading...

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