Just one of my musical heroes playing a festival being put on by my bloody sister. The grown-up me couldn’t be more proud of her, the teenage me is seething with petty jealousy & rage.

You can read our full online report here - as we take a look at concerns over how reading is taught across the UK

Ex-Reform UK leader in Wales in court over alleged favourable Russia statements. itv.com/news/wales/202…

EXCLUSIVE: The US will commit to a “free, sovereign and secure” Ukraine and a “lasting peace” as part of a minerals deal that now appears imminent, according to a recent draft text seen by Bloomberg US will agree a “durable partnership” between Washington and Kyiv, texts shows

U.S. naval decline has long been an accumulating risk to American security, especially as Beijing grows more aggressive in the Pacific. Presidential attention is welcome and overdue. on.wsj.com/4itVBBg

Proud of a year of eyewitness reports and investigations by ITV’s Global Security bureau which have been recognised here. Produced by the brilliant Dan Howells, filmed by Kenny Fillingham, with work by @yara_borgal, Natalie Wright, Lutfi Abu Aun, Humam Husari and Mustafa Nabulsi

4 satellite operators—Luxembourg’s SES, Spain’s Hisdesat, Viasat, owner of UK’s Inmarsat, France’s Eutelsat/OneWeb—told Financial Times they’re in talks with govts & EU institutions about how to provide back-up connectivity to Ukraine. Peggy Hollinger Fabrice Deprez on.ft.com/4kyetAE

Widespread celebrations in #Raqqa, #Hasakeh & Deir ez Zour as locals celebrate the #SDF's agreement to integrate into #Syria's interim gov't.

I’ve just joined The Times Magazine as acting features editor. 🚨If you want to pitch (or just say hi) I’m on [email protected]

Scenes in Damascus as agreement reached between SDF & Al Sharaa. “Syria, the name, the country means something different tonight, one country” Says one man on the square to us

I might stop watching rugby. Probably pivot to try to be one of those Formula 1 people instead.

NYC jury finds 2 guilty in plot to kill Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad. cbsn.ws/4kGg7QT

🚨 The Chinese owners of British Steel say they are now considering shutting their blast furnaces and end steelmaking at Scunthorpe in early June - only a few months away. It would mean an end of virgin steelmaking in the country that invented it during the industrial revolution

British Steel say the main question now is timing: whether the operations will close in June, in September or later. It says tariffs are one of the reasons the blast furnaces are "no longer financially sustainable". Press release 👇

This interactive map has all the damage and destroyed structures that I've been able to find in the satellite imagery that's been made available. google.com/maps/d/edit?mi…

This tweet from Copernicus EU is inaccurate. It implies damage to this Myanmar village was caused by the recent earthquake. But, imagery from 2024 shows almost the entire village was already destroyed by fire. il kanguru also showed FIRMS heat signatures from May 2023.

Unmasked: For years, he was a faceless witness—known only as The Gravedigger. His voice never heard, his identity hidden. From behind a mask, a man who played a small part in Syria’s killing machine, played a bigger role trying to bring it to justice.

Mohammad Afif Naifeh dug thousands of graves between 2011/18, burying bodies which were brought to secret burial sites in refrigerator lorries. He fled Syria and gave evidence which led to the prosecution of regime officials.

We can also reveal that he was one of the witnesses who spoke to ITV News anonymously, helping us to identify these mass grave sites in Syria in 2022. itv.com/news/2023-08-3…