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5 September 2024

  • Grenfell Tower memorial wall

    Grenfell Tower: the fire, the findings, who’s to blame and what happens next

    Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report paints a horrifying picture of failures in the construction industry and officialdom – but justice is some way off

4 September 2024

  • Ukrainian rescuer amid debris from the Russian attack on Lviv

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: Father is only survivor after family killed in Russian strike on Lviv

  • A male hand types on a laptop keyboard at night

    Why is the UK slashing the maximum banks must refund to fraud victims?

  • Street view of Grenfell Tower

    Deliberate, dishonest, dismissive, dangerous: how report describes Grenfell Tower’s key players

  • Researchers investigate the spread of bird flu, on Beak Island in Antarctica, March 2, 2024 in this handout image. Ben Wallis/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

    The age of extinction
    Forgotten epidemic: with over 280 million birds dead how is the avian flu outbreak evolving?

3 September 2024

  • A man has bis blood pressure checked by a nurse

    Are private hospitals in Australia really facing a cash crisis and could some close?

  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy reshuffle begins as Lviv suffers deadly morning attack

  • A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 aircraft at an airport with other Cathay Pacific planes

    What happened to Cathay Pacific’s A350 and how will it affect Rolls-Royce?

  • Hands holding wallet with australian dollars make a payment

    Australia is about to get an economic health check. What do GDP figures mean and why are they important?

  • Which countries have banned or restricted arms sales to Israel?

  • What is the Philadelphi corridor, and why is it so important to Israel?

2 September 2024

  • People holding Ukranian national flags and a banner take part in a protest ahead of a visit by Vladimir Putin in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: Putin and Mongolia flout ICC arrest warrant

  • Keir Starmer at the king’s speech debate in parliament

    What will Keir Starmer have to grapple with as parliament returns?

1 September 2024

  • Gas burns in front of a business centre damaged by a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Sunday.

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: Russia says it will change nuclear doctrine due to western ‘escalation’ in Ukraine

    Work to amend doctrine on use of nuclear weapons ‘at an advanced stage’, state media quotes deputy foreign minister as saying. What we know on day 922
  • A fan uses a smartphone to access an online ticket sales website to buy Oasis tickets

    Oasis tickets: what is dynamic pricing and why is it used for live music?

    Many fans were frustrated as shows advertised at £148.50 were rebranded as ‘in demand’ and soared to £355.20
  • Ukrainian emergency workers inspect a heavily damaged residential building following a recent missile attack in Kharkiv.

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv launches drone strikes on Moscow and surrounding regions, Russia says

    Oil refinery and power stations among targets, say Russian officials; Zelenskiy presses US to allow deeper strikes into Russia

August 2024

  • Messages of support and grief written on hoardings around the shrouded structure of Grenfell Tower

    A web of blame: key findings from the second phase of the Grenfell inquiry

  • Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire in a residential building following a missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: Russian bomb attack on Kharkiv kills seven including child in playground

  • (Top L- R) Mel Stride, Priti Patel, Robert Jenrick. (Bottom L-R) James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch.

    Who are the six leadership candidates to be voted on by Conservative MPs?

  • The funeral of Ukrainian F-16 pilot Col Alexei “Moonfish” Mes in Shepetivka, in Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi oblast on Thursday. Mes died when his F-16 crashed during a major Russian attack.

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: pilot killed after first F-16 crash since delivery of jets last month

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