Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine turns off reactor at nuclear plant after ‘accident’
Ukraine shut down one of the six reactors in its most powerful nuclear power plant today – for the second time in a month – because of an apparent electrical malfunction. …read more Source: The...
Russia must influence separatists to end Ukraine crisis, says Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the Russian government on Sunday to use its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to implement a ceasefire plan agreed in Minsk in September aimed at ending the conflict. …read more Source:...
Third Malaysia-Linked Air Incident This Year
The disappearance of an AirAsia flight follows the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine and the mystery surrounding MH370. …read more Source: Sky...
Rising stars of 2015: chef Olia Hercules
With a book of old family recipes the Ukrainian-born cookery writer is spreading the word about the culinary treasures of her homelandSee the Observer’s rising stars of 2015 in fullRising stars of 2015: musician KwabsWhen Olia Hercules went to work on her first cookbook, a joyful celebration of eastern European cooking called Mamushka, she...
Fear of flying: the spectre that haunts modern life
After a bad year for the air travel industry dominated by disasters and technical meltdowns, Alex Preston decides to come to terms with his ‘aviophobia’It’s been a bad year for aviophobes. About 30% of us find air travel anything from faintly disconcerting to unutterably terrifying, as we pore over reports of near-misses and midair...
Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian separatists free four more captives
A further four Ukrainian prisoners were released by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country yesterday, officials claimed a day after hundreds of people were freed the previous day. …read more Source: The...
Secret dead of Russia’s undeclared war
The Kremlin’s denial that Russian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine has left families of dead servicemen searching for truth and justice. Tom Parfitt reports …read more Source: The...
The 20 photographs of the year
The world’s leading photojournalists describe how they captured 20 defining images in 2014 – from the ongoing violence in Syria to the World Cup in Brazil• Warning: some of these photographs contain graphic content … …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko greets returning prisoners of war – video
The Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, welcomes home dozens of prisoners of war at an airport in Kiev on Saturday, after they were exchanged with hundreds of pro-Russian separatist prisoners. Video released by Ukraine’s Presidential Press Service shows Petro Poroshenko shaking the hands of those returning and embracing some, as they...
Russia says to supply coal, electricity to Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia has agreed on a new deal to supply coal and electricity to Ukraine, which is struggling with a lack of raw fuel for power plants due to a separatist conflict in the industrial east, Russian officials said on Saturday. …read more Source:...
