I want to live in the world Liz Truss thinks we live in, rather than the world Liz Truss helped to create.

For Foreign Policy, I embedded with an artillery brigade on the frontlines of Europe. What I saw there should terrify Western leaders.
Ukraine is bleeding out, and without immediate ammunition deliveries the total collapse of the eastern front is at risk.
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This just cannot be true.

I plainly refuse to accept this as something happening on planet Earth.

Second Conservative councillor withdraws support. Surely others will follow now

The death toll keeps increasing- horrific violence from Russia. Killing kids, bombing hospitals. And the world dithers over aid.

⚡️UPDATE: Russian missile attack on Chernihiv kills 18, injures 78, including children.

In total, 78 people, including four children, were confirmed injured as of the morning of April 18, the State Emergency Service reported. The rescue operation ended around 9 a.m. local time.

Whenever I see stories like this about the #WindrushGeneration (and there are so many) I remember that this country had the gall to name a tube line after them like we've done them a favour

Genuine Q - has any other Parliamentary cycle seen the ruling party lose so many MPs? The Tory majority has nearly halved since Dec 2019? Is there a historical precedent?

Five brave women now claiming they were abused by Cllr Nunn. Will the West Northants Conservative group really continue to support him after this? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

News editor: So, what have we got? Rayner? Humza? Sadiq? Investigative reporter: ... thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…

We are witnessing an incredible amount of people gathered at Rustaveli, with more people still arriving. Even government affiliated media drones can not fake the image. This is the third and biggest day of demonstrations. #NoToRussianLaw

Georgia saying out loud to the country’s pro-Russian government:
We are Europe! Our future is Euro-Atlantic! There will never be a Russian future in Georgia!!!

I have never seen this large demonstrations in my life. Win Georgia, win!

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: A Tory MP is under investigation over allegations that he misused campaign funds and abused his position after making a late-night phone call saying he’d been locked up by “bad people” who were demanding thousands of pounds | ✍️ Billy Kenber thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…

💔Our trade union training centre. It’s hard to count all trade union events we held there. I met there my brothers and sisters with whom we continue to develop union movement in my 🇺🇦 Sincere condolences to all families who lost their loved ones today😞
#RussiaisATerroistState

Government admits it broke law to allow gamebird shooting bit.ly/3vVEyoP | read more ⤵️

My amazing sister Nimco Ali (OBE) 🪬 on why the trauma of FGM is never a fashion statement glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/nimco-…

Thank you British GLAMOUR for giving the space to write about Juila Fox’s horrific bikini: #endfgm . glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/nimco-…

'Accessing safe abortions in Italy is increasingly difficult due to the high number of gynaecologists who refuse to terminate pregnancies.' 🇮🇹

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The death toll in Chernihiv reaches 14. One of victims is police officer Alina Mykolaets. She died in her apartment. It was her sick day today.

Six people still missing. Rescue teams still at work.

#StandWithUkraine

Grim dispatch by Dan Sabbagh from Kharkiv. Russia is pulverising the city