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Sunak closer to the scrapheap after Tories smashed at local elections
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Sunak closer to the scrapheap after Tories smashed at local elections

After weeks of speculation of a move against him, it appears even Sunak’s colleagues have lost hope that changing the leader could do anything ahead of the general election in the UK.

  • by Rob Harris

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Meet the hero dog so popular he’s been targeted by the Kremlin

Meet the hero dog so popular he’s been targeted by the Kremlin

Bomb sniffing dog Patron is now so popular in Ukraine that he’s inspired hit songs, an animated YouTube series and various forms of fan art.

  • by Rob Harris
Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP, but he’s already got himself in a spin

Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP, but he’s already got himself in a spin

The former England left-arm spinner conducted a series of awkward interviews after declaring he would stand as a candidate at the next general election.

  • by Rob Harris
Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID

Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID

Johnson introduced the contentious new laws that mandate photo ID when voting while he was PM despite railing against the idea when he was a newspaper columnist in 2004.

  • by Rob Harris
Europe must prepare to send troops to defend Ukraine, Macron says

Europe must prepare to send troops to defend Ukraine, Macron says

The French president told The Economist that governments will need to act if Vladimir Putin makes a significant breakthrough in the coming months.

  • by Rob Harris
World of photos, May 3, 2024
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World of photos, May 3, 2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe

Rare editions of Russian author’s books are vanishing from libraries around Europe

Authorities paint a picture of a network of associates, some blood relatives, travelling across Europe by bus with library cards sometimes under assumed names to scout rare Russian books.

  • by Rachel Donadio
Two men charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in England

Two men charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in England

The nighttime felling caused widespread outrage as police tried to find the culprits behind what they called a deliberate act of vandalism. 

  • by Brian Melley
Smiling King Charles III visits cancer centre on his return to public duties

Smiling King Charles III visits cancer centre on his return to public duties

A healthy-looking King Charles, who was diagnosed with cancer in February, told patients at a treatment centre for the disease in London that he was “all right”.

  • by Michael Holden
Russian missile hits law school, kills several in Ukraine’s Odesa

Russian missile hits law school, kills several in Ukraine’s Odesa

“Monsters. Beasts. Savages. Scum. I don’t know what else to say,” Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov said in a video posted on Telegram.

  • by Iryna Nazarchuk
Kremlin displays Australian-made Bushmasters as ‘trophies’ in Moscow

Kremlin displays Australian-made Bushmasters as ‘trophies’ in Moscow

The propaganda exercise comes ahead of a May 9 military parade to commemorate the end of WWII, which has become a homage to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

  • by Rob Harris