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- Rudy Giuliani poised to cooperate with January 6 committee
- Japan court awards damages to victims of forced sterilisation for first time
- Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050, warns UN
- Emma Raducanu stalker given five-year restraining order
- National guard troops to be deployed in DC as trucker convoy protests loom
- Oil and gas facilities could profit from plugging methane leaks, IEA says
- Vanuatu government launches inquiry into labour schemes after testimony from workers in Australia
- UK trade could promote use of banned pesticides in Brazil, new report warns
- Christie’s to auction kennel hit by meteorite
- Charlize Theron ‘felt so threatened’ by Tom Hardy making Mad Max she required on-set protection
- Covid live: South Korea approves Pfizer vaccine for five-year-olds; UK emergency loan losses hit £16bn
- South Korea PM urges calm after Covid cases soar by 70,000 in a day
- Children ‘breathe out fewer aerosols’, which may reduce Covid risk – study
- Alex, Filmon, Mulue and Osman thought they were safe in Britain. So why did the teenage friends take their own lives?
- ‘Trump did a great job as president’ – David Mamet on free speech, gender politics and rigged elections
- Does life flash before your eyes? Brain scan of dying man suggests it’s possible
- The Duke review – Jim Broadbent steals show in warm-hearted 60s-set crime caper
- China’s dating shows for over-65s challenge taboos about older people and sex
- ‘I’ve never been wrong’: has a C-list Hollywood blog scooped the world with royal news?
- Dwight Chapin on his former boss: ‘Richard Nixon was not a crook’
- Commonwealth veterans’ families subject to ‘unjust’ visa fees, MPs say
- Ukraine crisis live: Russian defence minister and military chiefs among those to face EU sanctions
- Police use of Pegasus malware not illegal, Israeli inquiry finds
- Ukrainians ready themselves for resistance | First Thing
- Disability services company pocketed nearly $1m for barista course lacking basic equipment, inquiry hears
- Increase funding or abandon hope of ending malaria, TB and Aids, UK warned
- ‘Is the world listening?’: the poets challenging Myanmar’s military
- ‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs
- Dr Paul Farmer, healthcare advocate for some of world’s poorest, dies aged 62
- Johnson’s Germany comparison highlights UK’s low sick pay
- Harsh conditions mean Russian troops near Ukraine will need to be moved soon
- Biden’s Russia sanctions: why holding back could be part of his strategy
- Ukraine crisis: sanctions against Russia come at a cost to the west
- Russia open to diplomacy on Ukraine, says Putin – video
- Australian prime minister Scott Morrison says Russia acting like 'thugs' over Ukraine – video
- Biden announces sanctions over 'Russian invasion' – video
- 'We're not afraid of Putin': Ukrainians protest in front of Russian embassy in Kyiv – video
- 'Speak plainly!': Putin has tense exchange with his spy chief – video
| Rudy Giuliani poised to cooperate with January 6 committee Posted: 22 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST Trump's former lawyer may reveal the roles played by Republicans to prevent certification of Joe Biden's election victory Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani is expected to cooperate with the House select committee investigating January 6, and potentially reveal his contacts with Republican members of Congress involved in the former president's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The move by Giuliani to appear before the panel – in a cooperation deal that could be agreed within weeks, according to two sources briefed on negotiations – could mark a breakthrough moment for the inquiry as it seeks to interview key members of Trump's inner circle. Continue reading... |
| Japan court awards damages to victims of forced sterilisation for first time Posted: 23 Feb 2022 04:05 AM PST Three plaintiffs who suffered under eugenics law to get payouts after judge overturns lower court decision A court in Japan has awarded damages for the first time to people who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct eugenics law designed to prevent the births of "inferior children". The Osaka high court overturned a lower court decision and ordered the government to pay a combined ¥27.5m (£175,600) to the three plaintiffs, who are in their 70s and 80s. It described the law, which was abolished in 1996, as "inhumane". Continue reading... |
| Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050, warns UN Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Even previously unaffected countries likely to see uncontrollable blazes, says study, which calls for shift to spending on prevention Wildfires that have devastated California, Australia and Siberia will become 50% more common by the end of the century, according to a new report that warns of uncontrollable blazes ravaging previously unaffected parts of the planet. The escalating climate crisis and land-use change are driving a global increase in extreme wildfires, with a 14% increase predicted by 2030 and a 30% increase by 2050, according to a UN report involving more than 50 international researchers. Continue reading... |
| Emma Raducanu stalker given five-year restraining order Posted: 23 Feb 2022 04:52 AM PST Amrit Magar, who repeatedly turned up at tennis star's home, must also do 200 hours of community service A man who stalked and harassed the British tennis star Emma Raducanu has been given a five-year restraining order and sentenced to community service. Amrit Magar, 35, who said he had walked 23 miles to the US Open champion's home in London and then took her father's shoe – thinking it belonged to Raducanu – as a souvenir, was found guilty of stalking at Bromley magistrates court last month. Continue reading... |
| National guard troops to be deployed in DC as trucker convoy protests loom Posted: 22 Feb 2022 05:24 PM PST US protest to follow Canadian truckers' demonstration against pandemic restrictions The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed national guard troops to the nation's capital, a US official said on Tuesday, in the face of trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week. The District of Columbia government and the US Capitol police are requesting the national guard assistance. The troops would be used largely to help control traffic and are expected to come from the district's national guard and three states, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss aid not yet formally approved. Continue reading... |
| Oil and gas facilities could profit from plugging methane leaks, IEA says Posted: 22 Feb 2022 09:00 PM PST International Energy Agency reports nearly all the industry's methane emissions could be avoided at no net cost Plugging methane from leaky oil and gas facilities would be free of cost almost everywhere in the world, and in many cases would produce a significant profit, at today's soaring gas prices, the International Energy Agency has found, suggesting that governments have few excuses for not taking action to curb emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas. Governments have been underreporting their emissions of methane to a dramatic extent, and those emissions are still rising fast, according to the Global Methane Tracker report from the IEA published on Wednesday. Using satellites and other new data, the energy watchdog found emissions were about 70% higher than national governments had suggested, showing the need for far greater monitoring, as well as efforts to staunch leaks. Continue reading... |
| Vanuatu government launches inquiry into labour schemes after testimony from workers in Australia Posted: 22 Feb 2022 07:13 PM PST The inquiry comes after Vanuatu seasonal workers made allegations of bullying and exploitative working conditions in the Australian scheme The Vanuatu government has launched an inquiry into the country's labour mobility programs, including the seasonal worker program in Australia, citing concerns around safety. The inquiry comes in the wake of testimony from Vanuatu seasonal workers in Australia to a parliamentary hearing earlier this month, in which they alleged they had experienced bullying, exploitative working conditions, poor housing arrangements and lack of support services while under the scheme. Continue reading... |
| UK trade could promote use of banned pesticides in Brazil, new report warns Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Campaigners fear trade bond may damage environment abroad and end up weakening regulations in UK The UK is exporting its pesticide footprint to other countries, environmentalists say. A new report, from the Pesticide Action Network UK, has found that increasing trade with Brazil could fund the use of harmful pesticides that are banned in Britain. The Brazilian government is currently pushing through a bill that would slash laws to protect human and environmental health from pesticides. Even without this new package of laws, Brazilian farmers are allowed to use almost double the number of hazardous pesticides as those in the UK, including the lethal herbicide Paraquat, which has caused tens of thousands of deaths across the world from acute poisoning, and neonicotinoids, which are toxic to bees. Continue reading... |
| Christie’s to auction kennel hit by meteorite Posted: 23 Feb 2022 03:36 AM PST Auction house holds annual sale of rare and unusual meteorites – expected to be sold for millions of pounds A kennel struck by a meteorite, a hunk of Mars and other examples of the "oldest matter humankind can touch" are expected to be sold for millions of pounds, as Christie's holds its annual sale of rare and unusual meteorites. Included in the 66 lots on "Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and other Rare Meteorites" is a dog house hit by a meteorite which crashed through the tin roof in April 2019 in Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica. Expected to sell for as much as £220,000, it has a seven-inch hole which "marks where the meteorite punctured the roof", according to the catalogue. Continue reading... |
| Charlize Theron ‘felt so threatened’ by Tom Hardy making Mad Max she required on-set protection Posted: 23 Feb 2022 04:41 AM PST New book details allegations of unprofessional behaviour and aggression during making of George Miller's 2015 blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road Further details of the animosity between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy have been detailed in a new book about the making of George Miller's 2015 action blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road. The co-stars were known to have a frosty relationship through the lengthy shoot in the Namibian desert, but Kyle Buchanan's new book Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road suggests Theron felt sufficiently threatened to require on-set protection from the "aggressive" Hardy. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2022 05:08 AM PST South Korea has seen near 40-fold increase in cases since mid-January; UK parliamentary watchdog brands loan losses 'unacceptable'
Hong Kong reported a record 8,674 new Covid infections on Wednesday, as the city prepares for compulsory testing of its residents after authorities extended the toughest social restrictions imposed since the pandemic began. Health authorities reported 24 deaths compared with Tuesday's 32, as they step up measures, with assistance from their mainland counterparts, to contain the outbreak. On Tuesday, Hong Kong reported 6,211 new cases. Continue reading... |
| South Korea PM urges calm after Covid cases soar by 70,000 in a day Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:49 PM PST Kim Boo-kyum says pandemic is at a 'manageable level' and sharp rise in cases should not be as feared as it once was South Korea's prime minister has called for calm after a record number of Covid-19 cases, amid warnings that the latest surge had yet to peak. Kim Boo-kyum said serious cases and deaths were still at "manageable levels", after health authorities reported 171,452 new infections on Wednesday, a sharp increase from the 99,573 cases a day earlier and the previous all-time high of 109,831. Continue reading... |
| Children ‘breathe out fewer aerosols’, which may reduce Covid risk – study Posted: 22 Feb 2022 04:01 PM PST Primary-aged children produce about four times fewer particles than adults, which may help explain their lower transmission risk Primary school-aged children produce about four times fewer aerosol particles when breathing, speaking or singing compared with adults, which could help explain why they seem to be at lower risk of spreading Covid. Various studies have suggested that young children are about half as susceptible to catching Covid as adults, and, despite carrying a similar amount of virus in their noses and throats, appear to pass it to fewer people if they do become infected. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST After perilous journeys fleeing human rights abuse in Eritrea, the four boys had arrived safely in the UK. Yet in the space of 16 months they were all dead. What went wrong? For a while, the four teenage boys, Alex, Filmon, Osman and Mulue, did a reasonably good job of looking after each other. Filmon and Mulue had met in Eritrea before they embarked on their long, dangerous journey to Britain; the others became friends en route or in London, in a park near a Home Office registration centre for unaccompanied child refugees. Their similar backgrounds drew them together, as did the shared experience of travelling 3,300 miles in search of safety. Mulue and Alex had both spent time in foster care before moving into independent accommodation; Osman and Filmon were living in a hostel in north London. They had all become used to surviving without parents, instead leaning on each other for support. All of them were also struggling with the unsettling reality of their precarious new lives, which was so different from the expectations they had clung to during their traumatic journeys. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST His liberal-baiting plays have caused punch-ups in the aisles and he hasn't finished yet. As The Woods – his incendiary take on sexual politics – returns, the writer cuts loose 'I have no idea how to work these machines," says David Mamet, trying to get himself on to Zoom. He has managed to log on but is just a disembodied voice. "It's like those old movies where they have one of the first telephones and the grumpy old guy doesn't know how to make it work." Mamet is far from a grump, though he is now 74. His tone is baritone deep, bouncy, surprisingly Tigger-ish. He fiddles with his laptop but quickly concedes defeat with regards to us speaking face to face, saying: "Look, I can give you a description. I'm not that interesting anyway." The writer is at home in Santa Monica, California, where it's 72 degrees outside. He is sipping tea. There are occasional interjections from others who are ushered away politely with the words: "I'm speaking to the Guardian." Continue reading... |
| Does life flash before your eyes? Brain scan of dying man suggests it’s possible Posted: 23 Feb 2022 04:22 AM PST Scientists report unexpected brain activity in patient, 87, as he died from heart attack When Harry Stamper sets off a bomb to save planet Earth in the film Armageddon, his life flashes before his eyes. Now research has revealed tantalising clues that such recall may not be Hollywood hyperbole. An international team of scientists has reported an unexpected situation in which they recorded the brain activity of an 87-year-old patient as he died. Continue reading... |
| The Duke review – Jim Broadbent steals show in warm-hearted 60s-set crime caper Posted: 23 Feb 2022 04:00 AM PST Roger Michell's final feature retells story of the cussed Newcastle pensioner who stole a Goya portrait in protest at government spending priorities For what has become his final feature film, director Roger Michell made this sweet-natured and genial comedy in the spirit of Ealing, which bobs up like a ping pong ball on a water-fountain. It is based on the true story of Kempton Bunton, the Newcastle bus driver who in 1965 was had up at the Old Bailey for stealing Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from London's National Gallery. The mystery of its disappearance had so electrified the media that there was even a gag about it in the James Bond film Dr No, using a copy personally painted by the legendary production designer Ken Adam, which was itself stolen. Maybe there should be a film about that as well. The court heard this was Bunton's protest at government misuse of taxpayers' money (the painting had been saved for the nation at some cost) and to publicise his demand for pensioners to be given free TV licences. (This film features the usual "historical coda" sentences over the closing credits, and one sentimentally records that free TV licences for the over-75s were finally introduced in 2000. But no mention of these being taken away again in 2020.) Continue reading... |
| China’s dating shows for over-65s challenge taboos about older people and sex Posted: 22 Feb 2022 05:00 PM PST Shows about 'aunts and uncles' looking for love go viral as they debunk negative stereotypes of elderly people Standing before the studio audience the slim older man holds a microphone in front of his blue polo shirt, buttoned to the neck. Wang Qingming seems a little nervous as he faces his prospective date, a formidable looking woman with long black hair piled in a loose bun, her name tag obscured. "What bad habits do you have?" he asks. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’ve never been wrong’: has a C-list Hollywood blog scooped the world with royal news? Posted: 23 Feb 2022 04:42 AM PST Secret protocols have long been in place for how the death of the Queen will be revealed. Or they were until 'sources close to the Royal Kingdom' got chatty Five years ago, this publication's Sam Knight wrote a long read entitled 'London Bridge is down'; a sombre, forensic examination of what will happen in the immediate aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Knight explained that the news will break in an orderly, frictionless way. First to government officials via codeword, then to the BBC and the Press Association and finally a black-edged notice pinned to the gates of Buckingham Palace. When it happens, it will be well rehearsed and highly organised. What Sam Knight didn't predict, however, was that the news of the Queen's death would be exclusively leaked to a celebrity news blog run by a man best known for having a bit-part in a spin-off to a VH1 reality hip-hop dating show. But, hey, nobody gets everything right all the time. Continue reading... |
| Dwight Chapin on his former boss: ‘Richard Nixon was not a crook’ Posted: 22 Feb 2022 11:11 PM PST The former secretary to the disgraced president talks about his new memoir and what it was like to go to prison for Nixon He was at the side of the American president on one of the most important diplomatic trips in history, enjoying sumptuous banquets as a guest of Chinese dictator Mao Zedong. Three and a half years later he was in prison after becoming first person to go on trial in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, despite protesting his innocence. Continue reading... |
| Commonwealth veterans’ families subject to ‘unjust’ visa fees, MPs say Posted: 22 Feb 2022 12:30 PM PST Dan Jarvis and Johnny Mercer criticised government for removing £2,389 immigration bill only for long-serving veterans Ministers are subjecting the families of Commonwealth military veterans to "deeply unjust" visa fees after pleas to waive the costly sums for spouses and children were rejected, two MPs have argued. Labour's Dan Jarvis and the former Conservative minister Johnny Mercer criticised the government for removing the £2,389 immigration bill only for long-serving veterans. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine crisis live: Russian defence minister and military chiefs among those to face EU sanctions Posted: 23 Feb 2022 05:12 AM PST Sanctions expected to be announced later on Wednesday would go further than US and UK sanctions
Russia's ambassador to the United States has hit back at the imposition of sanctions imposed by US president Joe Biden, suggesting the move would hurt global financial and energy markets as well as ordinary citizens. According to a recent post on the Russian embassy Facebook page early Wednesday, ambassador Anatoly Antonov said: Sanctions will not solve anything regarding Russia. It's hard to imagine that anyone in Washington is counting on Russia to review its foreign policy course under threat of restrictions. I don't remember a single day when our country lived without any restrictions from the Western world. We learned how to work in such conditions. And not only survive, but also develop our state. Continue reading... |
| Police use of Pegasus malware not illegal, Israeli inquiry finds Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:28 AM PST Police have been accused of spying on at least 26 individuals who are not criminal suspects An inquiry into allegations that Israel's police force systematically hacked into the mobile phones of Israeli citizens has found that while the police did use NSO Group's controversial Pegasus malware, there is no evidence suggesting illegality. In a series of explosive reports over the last two months, the local financial daily newspaper Calcalist accused the police of spying on at least 26 individuals who were not criminal suspects. Those named included politicians, protesters, and members of the former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner circle – claims Netanyahu used to delay proceedings in his corruption trial. Continue reading... |
| Ukrainians ready themselves for resistance | First Thing Posted: 23 Feb 2022 03:52 AM PST Army less well equipped than Russia's but can call upon half a million war veterans. Plus, wildfires could increase by a third • Don't already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. If Russian forces try to take new territory in Ukraine, they will face an army that is far smaller and less well equipped than their own but hardened by eight years of fighting, writes Emma Graham-Harrison in Kyiv. Is Russia invading Ukraine and what will happen next? Putin has sent soldiers on a "peacekeeping mission" but is likely to threaten Ukraine with a broader war. Here is an explainer on what could happen next. Is all hope for a diplomatic solution lost? Not necessarily. Putin said this morning: "Our country is always open for direct and honest dialogue, for the search for diplomatic solutions to the most complex problems." However, he added Russia's interests were "non-negotiable". What is Biden doing to stop the crisis? The president has threatened tougher steps for further provocation, but some believe he is holding back in order to preserve the potency of sanctions as a deterrent. It remains to be seen if any of the US convoys would seek to actively shut down Washington's streets, the way their Canadian counterparts did in Ottawa. Some convoy organisers have spoken of plans to briefly roll through the city, then focus on shutting down the Beltway, which encircles the capital. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2022 01:01 AM PST Witness tells royal commission she arrived at new job as barista trainer to find only a home coffee machine and bottle of long life milk A barista course spruiked by the national disability insurance scheme and for which a company pocketed nearly $1m from the federal government lacked the most basic equipment, an inquiry has been told. Over a three-day hearing this week, the disability royal commission is investigating the troubled Disability Employment Services program, a $1.4bn a year federal government scheme that pays companies and non-profits to get hundreds of thousands of people with disability into work. Continue reading... |
| Increase funding or abandon hope of ending malaria, TB and Aids, UK warned Posted: 22 Feb 2022 11:01 PM PST Global Fund urges UK and other donors to pledge billions to get efforts to end diseases by 2030 'back on track' after catastrophic impact of Covid Britain is being urged to pledge billions of dollars to get the fight against malaria, tuberculosis and Aids "back on track" after efforts were ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK has historically been one of the main donors to the Global Fund, an international financing organisation aimed at ending the three deadly epidemics by 2030. Now it is warning that, unless donors make an unprecedented total funding pledge of $18bn (£13.25bn) this year, that goal will be missed. Continue reading... |
| ‘Is the world listening?’: the poets challenging Myanmar’s military Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:30 PM PST Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and beyond are using poetry to come to terms with atrocities – and as a form of resistance It has now been a year since the military coup, and the breeze of democracy has become a dead wind in Myanmar. People breathe the air of fear and pass nights of rage and despair as men and women are shot or burnt alive at the hands of the Myanmar military. Villagers leave their loved ones at home and take refuge in the forest. Once-vibrant city streets have become rows of haunted houses. The whole country is trapped in a shadowland. As Rohingya refugees, we are all too familiar with the military's capacity for violence and destruction. Over the past year, Rohingya people have watched with terror and anguish as the same military forces that perpetrated genocide against us now unleash their atrocities across the country. Continue reading... |
| ‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs Posted: 22 Feb 2022 03:30 PM PST 'Misleading' messages from $55bn-a-year industry are 'unethical', says report, which calls for plain packaging rules similar to tobacco Countries should clamp down on the "aggressive" and "unethical" marketing of formula milk for babies, including forcing companies to sell products in plain packaging, a report by the World Health Organization and Unicef has said. In research, commissioned 41 years after the global health community drew up guidelines aimed at regulating the industry, experts found that the marketing of formula had "no limits" and had become more "unregulated and invasive" in the digital age. Continue reading... |
| Dr Paul Farmer, healthcare advocate for some of world’s poorest, dies aged 62 Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:08 AM PST Farmer defied skeptics to create healthcare systems for the most vulnerable in places like Haiti, Rwanda and Peru. Dr Paul Farmer, a physician, humanitarian and author renowned for providing healthcare to millions of impoverished people worldwide and who co-founded the global non-profit Partners in Health, has died. He was 62. The Boston-based organization confirmed Farmer's death on Monday, calling it "devastating" and noting he unexpectedly died in his sleep from an acute cardiac event while in Rwanda, where he had been teaching. Continue reading... |
| Johnson’s Germany comparison highlights UK’s low sick pay Posted: 23 Feb 2022 02:32 AM PST Proportion of UK worker's salary covered is typically less than quarter of Germany's 100% in first six weeks Asked this week about whether his move to drop Covid isolation requirements would drive infectious workers into the office, Boris Johnson said UK workers should learn from their German counterparts and stay home when unwell. The prime minister did not mention the stark differences in the support available for British workers compared with Germany and the rest of the world, and whether this could explain their reluctance to take a sick day. Continue reading... |
| Harsh conditions mean Russian troops near Ukraine will need to be moved soon Posted: 22 Feb 2022 09:00 PM PST Analysis: advance forces' battle readiness will quickly degrade, giving Putin only days to choose invasion or retreat Russian forces massing near Ukraine's borders can only remain in position for a few days before they have to be sent back to nearby bases or risk their capability being significantly degraded, western officials and experts believe. That means that President Vladimir Putin will come under increasing pressure to use them in a full invasion of Ukraine – or send them back to staging areas, still in Russia's south or west, but tens or even hundreds of kilometres back. Continue reading... |
| Biden’s Russia sanctions: why holding back could be part of his strategy Posted: 22 Feb 2022 04:39 PM PST The president has threatened tougher steps for further provocation, preserving the potency of sanctions as a deterrent Numerologists will be fascinated that Joe Biden began his Ukraine speech on Tuesday at 2.22pm on 22.2.22. The US president, however, was more concerned with his own calculation of the economic and political costs of overreacting – or underreacting – to Russia's provocations. Biden thought he would be remembered as the pandemic president, but finds himself commanding the arsenal of democracy in what could become the biggest military assault in Europe since the second world war. The crisis escalated on Monday after Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, an apparent pretext for invasion. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine crisis: sanctions against Russia come at a cost to the west Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:55 AM PST Analysis: The west will adopt step-by-step approach, leaving toughest sanctions as last resort After all the tough talk of the past month, the sanctions imposed on Russia by the west are unlikely to lose Vladimir Putin much sleep. The response to Boris Johnson's announcement that five of the less important Russian banks and three individuals would be targeted was: is that it? The most dramatic news was Germany's decision to halt approval of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to western Europe. That will have an impact, but may end up affecting Germany more than it does Russia. Continue reading... |
| Russia open to diplomacy on Ukraine, says Putin – video Posted: 23 Feb 2022 01:22 AM PST Vladimir Putin has said Moscow is ready to look for 'diplomatic solutions' over Ukraine, but stressed that Russia's interests were non-negotiable. In a video address on Wednesday morning, the Russian president said his country would continue to develop state-of-the-art weapons. His speech follows Russia's unanimous approval to deploy 'peacekeepers' to two self-proclaimed republics in Luhansk and Donetsk now recognised by Moscow as independent Continue reading... |
| Australian prime minister Scott Morrison says Russia acting like 'thugs' over Ukraine – video Posted: 22 Feb 2022 07:55 PM PST Morrison said the Russian government is acting like 'thugs' and 'bullies' as the likelihood of war with Ukraine escalates. 'Australia will always stands up to bullies', Morrison said while announcing a suite of sanctions against Russian interests ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube
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| Biden announces sanctions over 'Russian invasion' – video Posted: 22 Feb 2022 02:58 PM PST Joe Biden has announced new sanctions in retaliation for Russia recognizing two self-proclaimed republics, Donetsk and Luhansk, and sending troops there, adding to western efforts to stop what they fear is the beginning of a full-scale invasion. The measures target Russian banks and sovereign debt, among other steps. 'We have no intention of fighting Russia,' Biden said. 'We want to send an unmistakable message, though, that the United States, together with our allies, will defend every inch of Nato territory and abide by the commitments we made to NATO'
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| 'We're not afraid of Putin': Ukrainians protest in front of Russian embassy in Kyiv – video Posted: 22 Feb 2022 02:11 PM PST A day after Vladimir Putin recognised the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent, protesters gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv in a show of defiance against the Russian president's actions in their country. The Guardian's Luke Harding spoke to them about why they were protesting and what they thought of the recent escalating tension between Ukraine and Russia Continue reading... |
| 'Speak plainly!': Putin has tense exchange with his spy chief – video Posted: 22 Feb 2022 07:43 AM PST The head of Russia's spy service has a tense exchange with Vladimir Putin during a security meeting about the Russian-controlled territories in east Ukraine. Sergei Naryshkin, chief of the foreign intelligence service, is interrupted repeatedly by the president and told to 'speak plainly!' Putin on Monday ordered his military to enter south-east Ukraine for the 'implementation of peacekeeping' in the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, which Ukraine and most of the world view as Ukraine's sovereign territory
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