25 h. ago ‘It’s not going to be some miraculous recovery’: film charts healing of Ukrainian children rescued from Russia

Director of After the Rain, set in animal therapy retreat, says she aimed to portray ‘children as children, not as a statistic’Sasha Mezhevoy was five years old when she, her older brother and sister were sent to an orphanage in Moscow. They were told they were going to be adopted by a Russian family. But they were not orphans. They were Ukrainian children who had been forcibly removed from their father.Sasha grew up in Mariupol, the port city that endured more than 80 days of bombardment in one of the bloodiest and most destructive chapters of the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Continue reading...

Events

29 h. ago Republican launches bill to force fathers to pay for half of pregnancy expenses

Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Iowa’s bill would require states to implement systems that could force a father to pay for up to 50 percent of the medical costs relating to a woman’s pregnancy

Politics

6 d. ago 'French Josef Fritzl' admits fathering three children with his daughter and forcing his 11

A 58-year-old man has admitted to fathering three children with his daughter and forcing his 11-year-old son to have sex with his mother. 

Politics

8 d. ago I had to give up solicitor job after shock TRIPLET pregnancy – now I’m on benefits to pay £1k nappy bill with no way out

TRIPS to the park, play dates and cosy coffee mornings are how many imagine the life of a stay-at-home mum. That’s not the case for Paige Empty who — a year after having triplet girls — says she wants to be back at work, and admits: “It frustrates me that the help isn’t there so...

Economics

1 week ago Bloke's $100m lawsuit after female boss demanded 'presidential' morning office romps

Kian Cooper was a happy father-of-two, but claims he was forced to take on years of forced romps with his female boss in the office where he worked so that he could keep his job

Politics

3 w. ago 'I was forced to marry man two decades older and have sex with him until I got pregnant'

Latifa, 15, was sold into marriage by her father in Tanzania and was forced to share a bed with a 35-year-old man - she was also subjected to horrendous sexual abuse

Politics

3 w. ago 'At 15 I was forced to marry man, 35, and have sex until I got pregnant'

Latifa, 15, was sold into marriage by her father and was forced to share a bed with a 35-year-old man who beat her and raped her until she fell pregnant and he threw her out onto the streets

Politics