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- Russian strikes pound Kyiv as Zelenskiy refuses US offer to evacuate
- Swift: EU leaders line up to back banning Russia from banking network
- Volodymyr Zelenskiy stands defiant in face of Russian attack
- France seizes suspected Russian-owned ship in Channel
- ‘I want to be home:’ overseas students in Ukraine seek safe routes out
- Man wrongfully convicted of Alice Sebold rape sues New York for $50m
- Harry and Meghan to receive civil rights award award from NAACP
- Stressed NHS staff in England quit at record 400 a week, fuelling fears over care quality
- Florida jury acquits ex-police officer who killed man in cinema phone row
- Tucker Carlson condemned for Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Rwanda’ comments
- What’s next for BBC news? Promise of freedom lures away more ‘big beasts’
- Miss the office? Michael Schur – master of the workplace sitcom – on why we should relish our return
- The strange Republican world where the big lie lives on and Trump is fighting to save democracy
- David Gandy: ‘I’ve done my share of underwear shoots’
- No garden? No problem! Cultivating small areas
- Boris Johnson’s promise to build 4,000 zero-emission buses makes zero progress
- Las Vegas police investigating death of comedian and dancer Donny Davis
- Zelenskiy calls on 'all friends of Ukraine' to help fight Russian invasion – video
- Kyiv apartment building hit as Ukrainians fight off Russian attacks – video report
| Russian strikes pound Kyiv as Zelenskiy refuses US offer to evacuate Posted: 26 Feb 2022 05:08 AM PST 'We are successfully holding back the enemy,' says Ukraine's leader amid fierce fighting around the city Russian troops continued to press their offensive against Kyiv as well as other cities across Ukraine on Saturday, as residents sought shelter in the capital's metro system and in basements during a third day of fierce bombardment. As Russian strikes continued to pound Kyiv, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, refused a US offer to evacuate, insisting he would stay. "The fight is here," he said as street fighting continued, largely around the edges of the city. Continue reading... |
| Swift: EU leaders line up to back banning Russia from banking network Posted: 26 Feb 2022 07:23 AM PST France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Hungary express support for financial measure pursued by UK More EU countries – including France, Italy and Greece – have said they would back a ban on Russia using the Swift global payments network in a bid to pile further pressure on the country after its invasion of Ukraine. Cyprus and Hungary also said they would support such a measure. Continue reading... |
| Volodymyr Zelenskiy stands defiant in face of Russian attack Posted: 26 Feb 2022 05:52 AM PST Analysis: Ukraine's president has won over critics with his courage and resilience as his country fights for survival He looked gaunt and unshaven after another sleepless night under Russian attack and bombardment. But Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, struck a defiant tone in a video address on Saturday morning. "I'm here," he said simply. And he was – in the centre of Kyiv, three days on from Vladimir Putin's invasion, unbowed and going nowhere. "Good morning everybody! Ukrainians: there's a lot of fake information online that I call on our army to lay down arms, and that there's an evacuation," he said. "I'm here. We won't lay down our arms. We will defend our state, our territory, our Ukraine, our children. That's all I have to say. Glory to Ukraine!" Continue reading... |
| France seizes suspected Russian-owned ship in Channel Posted: 26 Feb 2022 07:26 AM PST Russia seeks explanation after ship thought to belong to company targeted by US and EU sanctions is held French sea police have seized a ship in the Channel that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company in one of the first visible displays of the West enforcing sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The cargo vessel transporting cars, which was headed for St Petersburg, is "strongly suspected of being linked to Russian interests targeted by the sanctions", said Capt Veronique Magnin, of the French Maritime Prefecture. Continue reading... |
| ‘I want to be home:’ overseas students in Ukraine seek safe routes out Posted: 26 Feb 2022 06:00 AM PST Foreign nationals studying in Dnipro on their struggle to leave the city as Russian forces advance International students studying at medical schools in Dnipro are seeking routes out of Ukraine as Russian troops move across the country. Explosions were heard in the central Ukrainian city early on Thursday morning after Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale offensive on the country. About 2,000 foreign nationals study at Dnipro Medical Institute, a number of whom responded to a Guardian callout for voices on the ground. Continue reading... |
| Man wrongfully convicted of Alice Sebold rape sues New York for $50m Posted: 26 Feb 2022 06:08 AM PST Anthony Broadwater served 16 years in prison but was exonerated last year after prosecutors re-examined case Anthony Broadwater, who served 16 years in prison for the 1981 rape of the author Alice Sebold but was exonerated last year, has filed a $50m wrongful conviction lawsuit against New York state. Broadwater, 61, was cleared in November of his conviction for the rape after a re-examination of the case found serious flaws in his arrest and trial. Continue reading... |
| Harry and Meghan to receive civil rights award award from NAACP Posted: 26 Feb 2022 07:04 AM PST Pair to be honoured on Saturday in recognition of work to help woman's shelter in Texas and promotion of Covid vaccine equity Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will on Saturday accept an award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a leading US civil rights group, in recognition of their work to help a woman's shelter in Texas, their promotion of Covid vaccine equity and a partnership to create community relief centers. The NAACP president's award is given each year in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. It has been won by Muhammad Ali, LeBron James, Rihanna, Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill, and political figures including the Rev Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. Continue reading... |
| Stressed NHS staff in England quit at record 400 a week, fuelling fears over care quality Posted: 26 Feb 2022 06:03 AM PST Burnout from two years of battling Covid pandemic has created flood of departures and public concern, says survey A record number of more than 400 workers in England have left the NHS every week to restore their work-life balance over the last year, according to a new analysis of the workforce crisis hitting the health service. The flood of departures comes with staff complaining of burnout and cases of post-traumatic stress disorder following two years of battling the Covid pandemic. There are now concerns that the exodus is impacting the quality of care, with more than a quarter of adults saying they or an immediate family member had received poor care as a result of the workforce problems. Continue reading... |
| Florida jury acquits ex-police officer who killed man in cinema phone row Posted: 26 Feb 2022 06:30 AM PST Former Swat commander Curtis Reeves fired gun after Chad Oulson threw popcorn in his face in 2014 confrontation A Florida jury has acquitted a retired police Swat commander who was charged with murder after shooting a fellow moviegoer during an argument over cellphone use. Deliberations in the trial began on Friday and the six-person jury returned its verdict late that night, news outlets reported. Continue reading... |
| Tucker Carlson condemned for Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Rwanda’ comments Posted: 26 Feb 2022 05:24 AM PST Fox News anchor accused of presenting 'perfect distillation of white supremacy' in rant against Biden supreme court nominee The nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson is an attempt to "defile" the supreme court and "humiliate and degrade" the US, the Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson claimed on Friday night. If confirmed, Jackson, whose nomination was announced by Joe Biden earlier on Friday, will be the first Black woman on the court. Continue reading... |
| What’s next for BBC news? Promise of freedom lures away more ‘big beasts’ Posted: 26 Feb 2022 06:38 AM PST The departures of Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel for Global, which operates LBC, are part of a wider talent drain as other broadcasters offer more independence Oh!" said Emily Maitlis's jumper. You have a feeling that the producers of Newsnight might be saying something stronger. Last Tuesday a photo showed the jumpered-and-jeaned Newsnight lead presenter Maitlis alongside her fellow Americast host, BBC North American expert Jon Sopel (suit, no tie), in a radio studio. Nothing unusual there… except that behind them was a Global logo, instead of a BBC one. That was a surprise. And the tweet that accompanied the picture, announcing that Maitlis and Sopel are joining Global to host a new podcast and a show on LBC? Well, that was a complete shock. Not just to the public, but to BBC management. "Everyone was completely blindsided," says a BBC source. "It's a massive blow." It is. Both Sopel and Maitlis are BBC "big beasts": high profile, highly experienced, strong personality-ed political journalists. Maitlis, best known for presenting the BBC's flagship news analysis show, Newsnight, has been a star for a while, but she became even more so when she pulled in the "no sweat" 2019 interview with Prince Andrew. Sopel was the BBC's well-respected North American editor for eight years, and considered to be one of the frontrunners for the BBC political editor job when Laura Kuenssberg steps down in April. Both had established a strong following for their Americast podcast, launched to cover the last US elections and continued afterwards, due to its popularity. Continue reading... |
| Miss the office? Michael Schur – master of the workplace sitcom – on why we should relish our return Posted: 26 Feb 2022 04:30 AM PST As we slowly rediscover a world of bad wifi and slow lifts, the US Office writer and creator of Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine explains why he can't wait to get back One of the first things we knew back in early 2020 was that we wouldn't be going to work for a while. We thought that we would take a quick break – a week, maybe – and then reassess. So we cleaned out our cubicles and desks, and grabbed a few snacks from the kitchen (and toilet paper from the bathroom). One week became two, which became a month, which became a series of question marks spanning endlessly into the future, as the Zooms and FaceTimes and home office conversions gradually made the very idea of spending our workdays with other people seem like a quaint memory. Like childhood birthday parties, or answering machines, or properly functioning democracy. Some of us might never go back. Every so often we will hear about companies reassessing their relationship to the office, which has been proved unnecessary or at least outdated. 'In 1987,' photographer Steven Ahlgren says, 'when I was bored and unfulfilled, working as a banker in Minneapolis, I began taking frequent trips to look at a painting by Edward Hopper, Office at Night. What first drew me was its setting, which I related to each and every workday at the bank. But what kept pulling me back was its ambiguous narrative – who were these two people, what was their relationship, and why was the woman looking at that piece of paper on the floor?' Continue reading... |
| The strange Republican world where the big lie lives on and Trump is fighting to save democracy Posted: 26 Feb 2022 06:11 AM PST Welcome to the the grassroots CPAC summit, where conservatives see themselves not as dismantlers of democracy, but as saviors On stage in a hotel ballroom glowing red, white and blue, Ron DeSantis was recalling his days in Congress and a book he wrote about America's troubles. It was "read by about a dozen people," the Florida governor said with rare self-deprecation. DeSantis then told a gathering of grassroots conservatives on Thursday: "I look back at that time, it almost seems a little quaint to me because the threats we face to freedom, the threats we face to a just society, are much more pervasive than they were just 10 years ago." Continue reading... |
| David Gandy: ‘I’ve done my share of underwear shoots’ Posted: 26 Feb 2022 06:00 AM PST The model, 41, on his dangerous youth, micro-managed middle age, dancing with J-Lo and seeing giant pictures of his crotch in Times Square My childhood, in Essex, was run-of-the-mill. My parents were grafters, starting businesses from home, and they were both very present in my life while also deeply committed to their jobs. It was instilled into me that nothing is earned unless you work for it. How I avoided serious injury in my teens remains a mystery, given how stupid my friends and I were. We'd climb the steepest hills and descend on roller-skates passing busy junctions; as we got older, we drove cars too fast into hedges and fields. I had an appetite for risk until 27, when mortality became very real. Continue reading... |
| No garden? No problem! Cultivating small areas Posted: 26 Feb 2022 07:00 AM PST Limited outside space needn't stop you growing an impressive display of flowers and edibles, installing water features or even having a stab at keeping bees Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson’s promise to build 4,000 zero-emission buses makes zero progress Posted: 26 Feb 2022 08:00 AM PST Only £320m of £4bn needed to build flagship vehicles for 'green transport revolution' has been committed by chancellor Rishi Sunak One of Boris Johnson flagship "green" pledges – to provide 4,000 new zero-emission, British-built buses by the end of 2024 – has been cast into serious doubt by UK manufacturers who say they have yet to receive any orders for new vehicles. MPs and campaigners are pressuring ministers for information on when money will be committed to allow the manufacture of the zero-emission buses, which the prime minister promised would form part of a green transport revolution in his first term in Downing Street. He made the pledge in February 2020, just before the Covid pandemic, when he was keen to promote his environmental credentials and show how green policies could benefit people's lives whileboosting British businesses. Continue reading... |
| Las Vegas police investigating death of comedian and dancer Donny Davis Posted: 26 Feb 2022 07:44 AM PST Davis, 43, who danced for several years in Britney Spears' Vegas show, found unresponsive in hotel on strip earlier this week Las Vegas police are investigating the death of the comedian and performer Donny Davis, who was found unresponsive after a night with several people at a luxury hotel on the strip. Davis, 43, danced for several years in Britney Spears' show in Las Vegas, toured with Joe Jonas and was frequently seen with stars including Miley Cyrus and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Continue reading... |
| Zelenskiy calls on 'all friends of Ukraine' to help fight Russian invasion – video Posted: 26 Feb 2022 04:43 AM PST Volodymyr Zelenskiy has invited Ukraine's 'friends' to join the fight against Russia's assault, adding that weapons would be provided for them. Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian president clarified that Ukraine was not surrendering. 'I'm here. We won't lay down our arms. We will defend our state,' he said in a video posted on social media. Fierce fighting broke out in Kyiv as Russian forces failed to push their way towards the city centre from multiple directions in the early hours of Saturday Continue reading... |
| Kyiv apartment building hit as Ukrainians fight off Russian attacks – video report Posted: 26 Feb 2022 03:00 AM PST Fierce fighting broke out in Kyiv as Russian forces failed to push their way towards the city centre from multiple directions in the early hours of Saturday. An airstrike hit a residential building in Lobanovsky Avenue 6, in the centre of Kyiv. Video shared by the Ukrainian president's press service showed the missile exploding in a private flat Continue reading... |
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