Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Ukraine man invents murder in attempt to get police to clear snow
Man unhappy with state of his road told officers they would have to come in a snowplough to arrest himA Ukrainian man confessed to a fictitious murder in the hope police would clear his snow-covered road when they came to arrest him, regional authorities have said.The man called police on Saturday evening to tell them he had killed his...
Giuliani pressured Ukraine to investigate Biden family, new transcript reveals
‘Get someone to investigate this,’ Giuliani tells two Ukrainian officials in 40-minute call obtained by Time magazineA new transcript has surfaced of the former Trump lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, putting pressure on the Ukrainian government to open an investigation into the Biden family.The transcript of a 40-minute call between Giuliani and two...
Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone
Scientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea in our series Biodiversity: what happened next?The river running past the Chernobyl nuclear reactor is being dredged to create an inland shipping route, potentially resurfacing radioactive sludge from the 1986 disaster that could...
Putin’s aggressive policies show sign of a worried regime
Analysis: Amid constitutional changes and Navalny poisoning, Russian president strives to maintain powerFor a man who has spent much of 2020 in social isolation, it has been a busy year for Vladimir Putin. He changed the constitution to allow himself to stay in power until 2036; acted to retain influence over his “near abroad” as protests erupted...
Fall of a Kingdom review – dull trudge through war and romance
Bear attacks and marauding hordes can’t rescue this dismal attempt to conjure up an epic medieval adventureSay what you like about the artistic integrity of Game of Thrones, but at least it never skimped on the saucy stuff. Fall of a Kingdom pitches itself as “Game of Thrones meets Braveheart”, but lacks the redeeming feature that united...
UK willing to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons, says president’s aide
Andriy Yermak says unrest in Belarus means his country needs to strengthen defencesThe UK is willing to provide a large lethal weapons contract to Ukraine and a £1bn loan to help Ukraine’s navy build new ships capable of use in the Black Sea, according to a senior aide to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky.Andriy Yermak, the...
American woman working at embassy in Ukraine killed while jogging in Kyiv
Woman had non-diplomatic job at embassy, source saysPolice looking for tall, dark-haired man aged about 30An American woman working for the US embassy in Kyiv has been killed in an apparent attack while she was jogging in the Ukrainian capital.A police statement said the victim was found unconscious from a head injury by railway tracks near...
Trump interrupts Biden’s tribute to late son to raise unfounded accusations – video
Joe Biden was interrupted while paying tribute to his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015, during the first presidential debate against Donald Trump.The former vice-president brought up Beau, the former attorney general of Delaware who served in the army, to highlight Trump’s reported criticism of military members as ‘losers’....
‘Terrible tragedy’: Ukraine air force plane crash kills at least 22
Most of those killed in the crash near Kharkiv were military cadets, officials sayAt least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others were seriously injured when a Ukrainian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country, the interior ministry said.Deputy interior minister Anton Gerashchenko confirmed the...
Hunter Biden’s Ukraine ties ‘awkward’ but impact on US policy unclear, report finds
Republicans call Joe Biden’s son’s board role ‘problematic’Biden campaign paints report as effort to damage DemocratsTwo Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report on Wednesday, alleging the work Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest for the Obama administration at a...
