In this issue

April 26, 2022

Suspend MPs for misogyny, demands mother of house

Harriet Harman calls for 'action not words' from Johnson

4 mins

Snobbery about Rayner isn't just vile - it's plain wrong

Rayner is quick-witted enough to thwart the prime minister on her own terms

3 mins

PM will plead for ideas to ease cost of living crisis

Johnson wants ministers to develop 'innovative ways to reduce the pressure

3 mins

Ukraine war crimes probe widens as Britain estimates 15,000 Russian troops dead

A boy stands next to a wrecked vehicle in front of an apartment building in Mariupol

3 mins

UK sends ambulances to Ukraine and lifts tariffs to help country's exporters

The UK is sending a further 22 ambulances to Ukraine, while more than 40 fire engines have just arrived in the country

2 mins

Ministers targeted by hoax callers working for Kremlin

Priti Patel, Ben Wallace and Nadine Dorries have received calls from pranksters

2 mins

Thumbs at the ready: Musk strikes £35bn Twitter deal

Entrepreneur's commitment to 'free speech' could see Trump return to platform

2 mins

How might Musk remake the social media platform?

The entrepreneur has proposed dropping ads from the service

3 mins

Doctors reveal likely cause of mysterious child hepatitis

The WHO has said it is monitoring cases of hepatitis in young children

2 mins

UK must wake up to the growing threat of wildfires

Firefighters tackle the blaze at Wareham Forest in May 2020

2 mins

Protests erupt in France after Macron's election win

The 44-year-old is first French leader to win re-election for 20 years with 17% margin over far-right candidate Le Pen

2 mins

Trump claims he threatened Putin over Ukraine invasion

Former president Donald Trump speaks to Piers Morgan at Mar-a-Lago

3 mins

Beijing residents panic buy in fear of another lockdown

A woman leaves a supermarket after buying food and household provisions

2 mins

Is there an easier way to get to Corsica's west coast?

Flights to the capital, Ajaccio, are hard to come by

1 min

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