45 m. ago Russian soldiers surrender to Ukraine after huge drone strike destroys hideout

As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues to rage on, dramatic footage of fighting in the lucrative Donbass region has been unearthed that shows Mad Vlad's troops giving up

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15 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian drones hunt civilians in crime against humanity, UN inquiry finds

Ukraine strengthens Pokrovsk positions amid infiltration by estimated 200 Russian troops; Lukoil selling overseas assets after US sanctions. What we know on day 1,343 Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Gun and drone street battles rage in key city of Pokrovsk infiltrated by 200 Russian soldiers, says Ukraine

Kyiv is rushing troops to strengthen its positions in the strategic eastern city

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3 d. ago Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overheadScrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.Welcome to Ukraine’s secret underground hospital. The facility opened in August and is the second of its kind, located in eastern Ukraine not far from the frontline and the city of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk oblast. “We are 6 metres below the earth. It’s the safest way of providing help to our injured soldiers. And it keeps medical personnel safe,” said the clinic’s surgeon, Maj Oleksandr Holovashchenko. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Six metres below ground: inside the secret hospital treating Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overheadScrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.Welcome to Ukraine’s secret underground hospital. The facility opened in August and is the second of its kind, located in eastern Ukraine not far from the frontline and the city of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk oblast. “We are 6 metres below the earth. It’s the safest way of providing help to our injured soldiers. And it keeps medical personnel safe,” said the clinic’s surgeon, Maj Oleksandr Holovashchenko. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds

Bacteria for paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever found in DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass graveWhen Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers died.Researchers now say they have identified two unexpected diseases among soldiers who died in the retreat – paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever – which provide fresh insights into their plight. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Russian soldier 'is deliberately blown up by one of Putin's drones after he was spotted trying to surrender'

In shocking footage shared on Telegram, the soldier can be seen in the crosshairs of what appears to be an aerial surveillance camera, walking on a lonely road.

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7 d. ago Coronation Street fans say same thing as star decides to leave

Over the past few weeks, Coronation Street viewers have seen Lisa Swain battle her emotions after realising her ex-wife is alive.

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7 d. ago Coronation Street’s Lisa Swain faces heartache as exit 'sealed'

Coronation Street’s Lisa Swain has found herself battling her emotions over the past few weeks after discovering her ex-wife has been alive this whole time.

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2 w. ago Estonia shuts route near border amid Russian military presence

The decision came after the interior minister reported the presence of Russian soldiers on the route

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2 w. ago Estonia shuts border crossing amid Russian military presence

The decision came after the interior minister reported the presence of Russian soldiers on the route

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2 w. ago Estonia shuts border crossing due to Russian military presence

The decision came after the interior minister reported the presence of Russian soldiers on the route

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2 w. ago Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay

An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport“At the far end of the food counter a group of men were pledging allegiance to the flag, with trays balanced in one hand, in order to be allowed to take seats at the table. A group that had arrived earlier was singing The Star-Spangled Banner in order that they might use the salt and pepper and ketchup there.”Welcome to our own Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade, another real-time demonstration of the fact every satirical absurdity described in Catch-22 has become, yeah, pretty much totally plausible. The nation is now fully hostage to bad actors and phoney rage. And as ever football must act as a key amplifier of all this, a public echo chamber for the anxieties of what we must, out of a sense of duty, still call the real world. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Huge fire rips through Poundland shop as 100 firefighters rush to tackle blaze

More than 100 firefighters and 15 appliances are battling a blaze in south London on High Street in Penge. The fire has taken hold in a two-storey terraced shop in High Street, Penge

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3 w. ago Coronation Street star Lisa George terrified as she's hospitalised after losing eyesight

Coronation Street actress Lisa George opens up on her scary health battle and settling into life after playing Weatherfield's Beth Tinker for more than a decade

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3 w. ago Coronation Street's Lisa George terrified as she's hospitalised after losing vision

EXCLUSIVE: Coronation Street actress Lisa George opens up on her scary health battle and settling into life after playing Weatherfield's Beth Tinker for more than a decade

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3 w. ago Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968

Bands such as Magma and Art Zoyd provided a soundtrack for the student protests that shook the country. Little remembered now, a new book reveals their decisive influence on later successes such as Air and Daft PunkThe seismic shock that May 1968 had on the French way of life has been widely documented. The student protests, which erupted at the Sorbonne before spreading around the country, hastened the end of the Gaullist regime, politicised French philosophy, and spawned a wave of radical films such as Jean Eustache’s The Mother and the Whore.Much less is known – outside France, at least – about how the revolutionary ideas of 1968 expressed themselves in music. Australian musician and journalist Ian Thompson, for one, knew little about French underground rock when he stumbled upon a box of old vinyl, labelled “French prog-rock” on a pre-Covid trip to Paris. He was blown away. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Soaps spoilers next week: Corrie affair 'exposed' and EastEnders favourites return

This week in Soapland will see Callum Highway face a big dilemma in EastEnders, while Coronation Street and Emmerdale have mental health battles to contend with

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4 w. ago Coronation Street's Debbie Webster makes tearful prediction amid dementia battle

Coronation Street's Debbie Webster made a tearful prediction about the future at the end of Monday's episode after trying to get to the bottom of a family scandal

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