Tesla chief executive will gain control over social network he has criticized over its handling of ‘free speech’ Elon Musk has reached a $44bn deal to buy Twitter in a takeover that will give the world’s richest man control of a social network with more than 200 million users. The […]
Month: April 2022
President acknowledges divisions after historic 12 million votes for Le Pen’s anti-immigration party The pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron has vowed to unite a divided France after winning a second term as French president in a decisive victory against the far-right’s Marine Le Pen, who nonetheless won more than 12 million […]
Macron faces a second term at least as challenging as his first, if not more so Assured of another five years in the Élysée after beating his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron faces a second term at least as challenging as his first, if not more […]
Far-right leader hails ‘victory in itself’ and vows to fight on after winning more than 40% of the vote It was third time unlucky for Marine Le Pen, who failed to convince French voters to elect her president on Sunday. She detoxified her far-right National Rally party and threw out […]
Emmanuel Macron has beaten Marine Le Pen in the presidential runoff and will serve another term as president of France. Macron won 58.6% of the vote, while Le Pen, who improved her 2017 performance, fell short at 41.5%. Find out how the race unfolded department by department. Live coverage and […]
US secretary of state Antony Blinken and defence secretary Lloyd Austin visit Kyiv as Russian invasion enters third month; large fire breaks out at Russian oil depot 100km north of Ukraine border Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 61 of the invasion Ukrainian cities take heavy shelling as top […]
Ukraine’s ministry of defence says its forces carried out an attack on a Russian command near Kherson Women and children beg for help in video from Mariupol steel factory Pro-war memes and Z symbols: Russian influencers at war Ukrainian soldiers discuss life on the southern front The artists of Ukraine […]
President tells press conference he will meet with US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Ukraine will ask the US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, before what he said was a “very significant” visit to Kyiv by […]
Exclusive The Ukrainian president’s adviser, Oleg Ustenko, tells of his fury at how Europe’s refusal to act is piling more misery on Ukraine • Russia-Ukraine war: latest developments Before Russia’s tanks, daubed with their infamous Z, rolled into Ukraine, Oleg Ustenko’s advice to president Volodymyr Zelenskiy had focused on pension […]
The inevitable end to the brutal siege shows Russia’s logistical strengths – but also why invasion is ultimately so futile Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates The city of Mariupol is now effectively in Russian hands. Although some Ukrainian troops continue to hold out at the Azovstal steelworks, the Russians have felt […]