Polls have closed in the local elections. All councils in Scotland, Wales and London, and many in the rest of England were up for election. First results are expected soon after midnight On 5 May all councils in Scotland and Wales are holding elections for all of their councillors. In […]
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Labour and Lib Dem sources say turnout appears to be low in possible sign of Tory voters staying away Follow the results live The Conservatives are braced for a nerve-shredding 24 hours after voting closed in local elections across the UK, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats expecting to make […]
A third attempt to evacuate civilians trapped in Mariupol is underway, UN confirms; Russian shelling and assault of Azovstal ‘do not stop’, Zelenskiy says EU plans to put Putin’s rumoured girlfriend on sanctions list Putin hopes to claim Mariupol as key prop in Victory Day celebrations Russia opens artillery barrages […]
Ukraine MP says Russian troops are ‘already on the territory of Azovstal’; Russia announces daytime ceasefires on Thursday, Friday and Saturday Fighting under way in Mariupol’s Azovstal plant, says Azov commander Russian airstrikes target western arms arriving in Ukraine EU says Putin must pay ‘high price’ as it proposes oil […]
Leader of Ukrainian forces in steelworks says they are engaged in ‘difficult bloody battles’ against Russian troops Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Fierce fighting continued inside Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, the commander of Ukrainian forces in the plant said, as more civilians fled the city on evacuation buses following weeks of brutal […]
Lula, who is leading President Bolsonaro in polls, also said Biden and EU are guilty and could have stated Ukraine would not join Nato Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bear equal responsibility for the […]
Moscow steps up missile strikes on key infrastructure as flow of western weapons becomes focus of war Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 70 of the invasion Russia is stepping up airstrikes on key Ukrainian supply lines delivering billions of pounds worth of western arms […]
Tory candidates ask voters not to punish them for ‘mistakes’ in Westminster in wake of Partygate Hundreds of Tories are distancing themselves from Boris Johnson by standing as “Local Conservatives” in Thursday’s council elections, with rebel MPs saying they will gauge support over the weekend for a move against the […]
Steelworks where some 200 civilians remain trapped underground reportedly targeted by artillery and planes; convoy from Mariupol reaches Zaporizhzhia Men and boys among alleged rape victims of Russian soldiers in Ukraine European Council president confident of imminent oil sanctions Russia steps up attack on Azovstal plant as convoy reaches Zaporizhzhia […]
Surviving in tunnels, cooking over candles and menaced by Russian forces, ‘we thought we wouldn’t get out of there’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Their bunker couldn’t withstand a direct hit from ferocious Russian bombardment, food was running out and finding water could get them killed. For some civilians inside the […]