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June 09, 2022

Sharma 'in running' for global climate chief role at the UN

Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who led last year's Cop26 climate summit, is in the running to be the UN's global climate chief, at a crucial time for international action on greenhouse gas emissions.

3 mins

'Reckless' gas drilling to go ahead in Surrey beauty spot

Campaigners and the Liberal Democrats have condemned the government after a minister overruled a Conservative-run council to approve gas drilling on the edge of the Surrey Hills, despite accepting the scheme would harm the landscape.

2 mins

Lovely jubbly: Del Boy judged to be literary work' as dining show loses copyright case

Del Boy, the aspirational market trader in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, would probably raise a proud "lovely jubbly" toast to his newly acquired status of "literary work" following a high court copyright ruling.

3 mins

Patel's plan to deport asylum seekers faces high court challenge

Priti Patel's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as soon as next week is facing a legal challenge under emergency proceedings launched in the high court yesterday.

2 mins

Harvey Weinstein to be charged with indecent assault in Britain

Harvey Weinstein will face two charges of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced.

1 min

Fierce passion How artist reclaimed abortion debate

In 1998, the year of a Portuguese referendum debate on abortion, Paula Rego poured her fierce, formidable passion into 10 large paintings set in backstreet abortion clinics.

2 mins

Music review Still rightly adored by her teen fans

In the audience of Manchester arena there's a girl holding up a homemade sign. "Billie," it reads. "We will never outgrow you." It's an oddly touching and apposite message.

2 mins

'A rational, cold evil' Putin is not crazy, says Ukraine's former PM Tymoshenko

Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has described Vladimir Putin as "absolutely rational, cold, cruel, black evil" and claimed he is determined to go down in Russian history alongside Stalin and Peter the Great.

3 mins

Russia close to capturing city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine says

Ukrainian forces have been pushed out of the centre of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk amid heavy fighting in the city and in frontline villages to the south as Russia pursues a breakthrough in Donbas, regional leaders have said.

3 mins

'I have to fight' Congolese student on Moscow's side

Fighting alongside pro-Russia separatists as part of Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine wasn't mentioned in the brochures of the University of Luhansk when Jean Claude Sangwa, a 27-year-old student from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, moved to the breakaway region last year to study economics.

2 mins

Resistance Chief rabbi 'goes into exile over invasion'

Moscow's chief rabbi, Pinchas Goldschmidt, is "in exile" after resisting Kremlin pressure to support the war, his daughter-in-law has said.

1 min

FBI seizes retired general's data over allegations of illegal lobbying for Qatar

The FBI has seized electronic data from John Allen, the retired four-star marine general who authorities say made false statements and withheld "incriminating" documents about his role in an illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of Qatar.

2 mins

Japan orders masks and chaperones for returning tourists

Foreign tourists visiting Japan will be required to wear masks and be chaperoned by local guides, as the country prepares to reopen after two years of tough Covid-19 border restrictions.

2 mins

Repair bill of £21,000 after American tourist hurls scooter down Spanish Steps

An American tourist has caused €25,000 (£21,400) worth of damage after hurling her electric scooter down Rome's Spanish Steps.

1 min

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