In this issue

July 23, 2022

Truss promise 'could bring bonfire of rights'

Truss 'sunset' promise for all EU-derived laws risks causing 'bonfire of rights'

4 mins

Ukraine and Russia sign deal to restart grain exports from ports

Ukraine and Russia have signed a UN-backed deal to allow the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports, potentially averting the threat of a catastrophic global food crisis.

2 mins

'Milestone moment' How would Hindu PM affect Britain's culture wars?

If he wins an uphill battle against Liz Truss in the weeks to come, Rishi Sunak will join only a handful of majority-white countries in the west to have had a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) leader, including Barack Obama in the US, Portugal's prime minister, António Costa, who is partly of Goan descent, and Leo Varadkar, the former Irish prime minister whose father is Indian.

3 mins

How 11 candidates became two

Personal attacks and 'dirty tricks'

3 mins

Prince Harry wins bid to review Home Office protection ruling

The Duke of Sussex has won a bid to bring part of his high court claim against the Home Office over his security arrangements while in the UK.

2 mins

Port of Dover blames French border control for chaotic start to summer getaway

Holidaymakers have been warned chaos that triggered six-hour queues at Dover could spill into the weekend, after the port declared a "critical incident" that it blamed on "woefully inadequate" French border control staffing.

3 mins

Feeling the heat? How summer fires forced parts of media to change their tune on climate

Readers of the Daily Mail were in no doubt as to what the newspaper thought about Monday's hot weather: it was little more than a "sunny day" where "snowflake Britain had a meltdown". There was criticism that public services had preemptively closed down - and praise for Prince Charles continuing to wear a suit and tie in the heat.

3 mins

Covid conundrum Why people who dodged virus for two years now account for most cases

Having somehow dodged Covid since the pandemic kicked off, the proportion of people who have never seen the red line appear on a rapid test are a steadily shrinking minority.

3 mins

Russian troops digging in as counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces looms

The war in Ukraine may be heading for its bloodiest phase yet, according to senior Ukrainian officials and western analysts, who warn that a long-threatened southern counteroffensive by Kyiv's forces will result in a "huge battle" and will need to overcome increasingly well dug-in Russian troops.

2 mins

Fears interest rate rises will hit weak British economy harder

Interest rate increases expected later this year will weaken a UK economy that is already expanding at its slowest pace since it began emerging from the 2021 lockdown, the latest private sector activity snapshot suggests.

1 min

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