The Independent - May 18, 2022

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May 18, 2022

HOW UKRAINE FOUGHT BACK

Attacks by Russian commando forces in the centre of Kharkiv were meant to lead to the capture of the city and pave the way for Vladimir Putin's dismemberment of Ukraine.

8 mins

Officers using food banks to feed families, Patel told

Serving police officers are using food banks because their pay is too low to support their families during the cost of living crisis, the home secretary has been told.

3 mins

MPs demand No 10 publish legal advice in protocol row

Liz Truss has told Commons the proposed legislation is ‘legal in international law'

4 mins

Drivers must fill in forms ‘in Latin' to export to EU

Archie Norman said companies exporting to Northern Ireland will face the same plight if talks on the protocol fail

2 mins

Brexit has increased risk of unsafe foods reaching UK

Loss of EU data making it harder to prevent risky imports, watchdog warns

2 mins

Tory MP arrested over rape and indecent assault claims

The arrest comes weeks after Westminster was rocked by a series of similar allegations

1 min

Labour plans vote to force Tories into crisis Budget

DY Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, here with Keir Starmer, asks: 'Where is the urgency?'

1 min

Rooney “told Vardy to calm down' his wife at Euro 2016

Wayne and Coleen Rooney leave court on day six of the Wagatha Christie trial

2 mins

Pollution caused 9 million deaths in 2019, report finds

Numbers of deaths virtually unchanged since last analysis in 2015

2 mins

‘Exploding' cells play role in severe Covid, scientists say

Cells containing the novel coronavirus Sars-COV-2 seen through a microscope

2 mins

Woman guilty of murdering baby she wanted to adopt

Leiland-James Corkill died less than five months after being taken in

3 mins

Independent joins Pride in London to highlight issues faced by LGBT+ groups

Pride in London focuses on making powerful statements on the march towards progress

2 mins

‘Intentional nosedive’ may have caused plane crash that killed 132 in China

Debris at the China Eastern flight crash site in Tengxian County

2 mins

Finland 'optimistic' Turkey will green light its Nato bid

President Niinisto not phased by Ankara saying it will refuse application

2 mins

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