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June 09, 2022

Ukraine’s vastly outgunned soldiers desert the front line

Grinding battle in east ‘demoralising’ forces, dossier reveals

4 mins

Captured British fighters appear in separatist court

Two Britons captured by Russian forces appeared in a rebel court after having been accused of being mercenaries for the Ukrainian army. Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, are being held in a court in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic.

1 min

Race to export millions of tonnes of grain in Ukraine

Businesses struggle to move vital supplies out of blockade

4 mins

Teacher killed and children wounded after car ploughs into pedestrians in Berlin

A teacher was killed and 14 of her pupils were among the injured yesterday morning after a car ploughed into pedestrians in a central shopping district in Berlin.

2 mins

Don’t reward disloyalty by placating rebels, PM told

Allies of Boris Johnson have warned him not to reward rebels as he begins a policy blitz designed to overcome deep rifts in his party over his leadership.

4 mins

Irish PM says effort to tear up Protocol’s a ‘historic low’

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said Britain’s plans to act unilaterally over the Northern Ireland Protocol would be “deeply damaging” and mark a “historic low point”.

3 mins

Starmer’s plan: prop up PM by asking useless questions

I can only assume that Keir Starmer has a cunning plan. Knowing that Boris Johnson is in deep trouble, the Labour leader is desperately trying to keep him in place. There can be no other explanation for such a poor performance at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday.

3 mins

PM plans to allow housing benefits to fund mortgages

Boris Johnson will reportedly allow people to use their housing benefits to buy homes, as part of a set of policy announcements aimed at easing the housing crisis and ensuring his own habitation of Downing Street continues.

3 mins

‘I won’t apologise’: Merkel defends handling of Russia

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has said she has “nothing to apologise for” in her handling of Russia during her 16 years in offie. In her first major interview since leaving her post, Ms Merkel denied a suggestion that she and others appeased Russian president Vladimir Putin, which ultimately led to the Ukraine invasion.

1 min

Defenders help Scotland to easy victory over Armenia

Anthony Ralston and Scott McKenna bagged their first international goals as Scotland began their Nations League campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over Armenia at rainsoaked Hampden Park.

2 mins

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