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May 31, 2023

Kremlin threat after Moscow hit by drones

Moscow was yesterday targeted with a large-scale drone attack for the first time in its 15-month-old war in Ukraine, marking a new inflection point in the conflict.

4 mins

Government accused of cover-up over battle for Covid evidence

Rishi Sunak has been accused of attempting to cover up the actions of ministers during the pandemic as the Cabinet Office intensified its battle to withhold Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages from the Covid inquiry.

4 mins

Don't Dismiss Covid Lab Leak Theory, Says Top China Scientist

The former director of China's Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) has said the lab leak theory for the origins of Covid-19 should not be discounted.

2 mins

Protester interrupts Stock's talk at Oxford Union on trans rights

The gender-critical feminist Kathleen Stock was forced to halt her contested appearance at the Oxford Union after a trans activist glued themself to the debating chamber close to the speaker's chair.

3 mins

Casualty's longest-serving actor to leave BBC soap after 37 years

Casualty's longest-serving cast member is to exit the soap after almost four decades, the BBC said yesterday.

1 min

Elizabeth Holmes starts 11-year prison camp sentence for Silicon Valley fraud

The Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes turned herself in for an 11-year prison sentence yesterday, marking a final chapter in a years-long fraud saga that riveted Silicon Valley.

3 mins

'A new reality' Muscovites wake up to war at home

Residents of the wealthy Rublyovka neighbourhood are used to a bit of noise.

2 mins

A mirrorball vision of staccato riffs and bossa nova ballads

Music review

2 mins

Skepta and Queens of the Stone Age added to Glastonbury lineup

Queens of the Stone Age, the Chemical Brothers, Skepta, Caroline Polachek and Digga D were among the names added to the 2023 Glastonbury lineup yesterday, as the weekend's entire programme was announced.

2 mins

Greenland's glacial mud could be used to trap climate-heating CO₂

Rock \"flour\" produced by the grinding under Greenland's glaciers can trap climate-heating carbon dioxide when spread on farm fields, research has shown for the first time.

2 mins

Millennials Why Young Voters Are Turning Their Backs On The Tories

I do think it is pretty obvious really." After new research suggested millennials believe the Conservatives deserve to lose the next election, former Tory cabinet minister David Willetts says the answer lies with the economy.

3 mins

New laws for vaping mooted to deter sale to children

Ministers are considering further new vaping laws such as a ban on colourful branding or flavours to deter their sale to children, amid calls for plain packaging to be extended.

2 mins

Vote to close 167-year-old Yorkshire school with one pupil angers community

A 167-year-old village primary school in North Yorkshire with just one pupil is to be closed, with opponents claiming it has been the victim of a \"managed wind-down\".

2 mins

River Wye's health status downgraded after decline in wildlife

The River Wye's health status has been downgraded by Natural England, as wildlife charities accuse the government of failing to stop farming pollution harming the waterway.

1 min

MPs 'to question ITV leaders' over Schofield's affair with colleague

MPs are reportedly planning to question ITV executives over the former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield's affair with a younger male colleague.

1 min

Mental health calls Met police follow approach pioneered by Humberside

Where Hull leads, London follows. At least that's the case when it comes to a radical new approach to policing that has seen the Humberside constabulary achieve the highest arrest and crime detection rates in the country by refusing to attend most mental health calls.

2 mins

'Fascist mobs' controlled by Serbia to blame for violence in Kosovo, PM says

Kosovo's prime minister yesterday blamed violence in the north of the country on \"fascist mobs\" controlled by the government of neighbouring Serbia, and said he had rejected a US request to relocate recently installed mayors out of their official offices.

2 mins

US supreme court could transform public life with end-of-term decisions

The US supreme court is gearing itself up for the final nail-biting month of its 2022-3 term in which it will deliver decisions that could transform critical areas of public life, from affirmative action in colleges to voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality and the future of Native American tribes.

2 mins

Japan's PM fires his policy-secretary son after 'inappropriate' party photos surface

The eldest son of Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime minister, is to step down as his executive policy secretary amid public outcry over his use of the leader's official residence for a private party.

2 mins

Female journalists speak out on brutal crackdown

It was a chilling warning from government agents. A young female journalist based in Tehran recounted the calls and messages she had received: \"It said they were at my sister's place and were there to rape her.\"

2 mins

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