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Netherlands and Denmark pledge fighter jets for Kyiv
The Netherlands and Denmark have announced they will donate up to 61 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine once pilot training has been satisfactorily completed, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited both countries after months of entreaties to bolster the Ukrainian air force.
'Obscene' Guards accused of mass border killings
Saudi border guards have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians using small arms and explosive weapons in a campaign that rights advocates suggest may be a crime against humanity.
How one of the UK's worst child killers went undetected
Before Lucy Letby's arrest and conviction, it took almost two years for the police to be called in over suspicious baby deaths at a Chester hospital
The next goal... How long until we see this spectacle not as 'women's sport', but simply 'sport'?
This Women's World Cup has been compelling viewing. Fans enjoyed a heady mix of breathtaking skill, dramatic incidents and unexpected results, with record attendances and viewing figures at every stage of the tournament.
How England's Lionesses are changing the game for girls
In five years, 100,000 more girls have taken up the sport in England, shattering myths about their relative abilities
Kick on
A month-long spectacle, culminating in Spain's thrilling triumph, is another landmark moment for the women's game, in which Europe is the new leader of player development at elite and grassroots levels
Marvel story
This tale of a pianist who finds love and renewal before mystical forces intervene is a reminder of Neil Jordan's gifts as a writer
The invisible woman
George Orwell's first wife has been ill-served by his own biographers, yet here the witty and fierce Eileen is stripped of agency all over again
AIrchitecture anyone?
AI heralds a world where design wonders are just a click away, but could it replace an entire profession?
Africans, not global powers, will forge the continent's stability
A \"coup belt\" now extends across the African continent, running along the Sahel region that bisects north and sub-Saharan Africa. Niger, where the democratically elected president was deposed by a military junta, has now become the last link that completed the corridor of countries run by coupsters.
How I learned to swim
As I entered my fifties, my body and my confidence started to falter and fail me. I was told swimming would help keep me fit and strong-minded. But first I had to navigate the aggravation of the slow lane
"My mother spent her life trying to find me"
Countless Bangladeshi children were put up for adoption without the consent of their parents in the chaotic wake of civil war. Denials and scant paperwork hid the truth for years
Trump indicted over bid to reverse 2020 election loss
Donald Trump and some of his closest confidantes have been indicted on state racketeering and conspiracy charges over efforts to reverse Trump's defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia. This indictment makes the former US president a criminal defendant in a fourth case as he campaigns to recapture the presidency.
A frail truce The battle for Tigray is not over
Despite a peace deal last year, Eritrean troops remain in border areas, and the Irob community pays the price
Why Taliban is desperate to silence musicians and artists
Hardline Islamist leaders have imposed brutal restrictions on cultural expression and the Afghan people are suffering
Shore bet Artwork with a mission to restore reefs
In the turquoise waters of Nacula Island, steel sculptures sit on the seafloor, adorned with coral. The artworks are part of a conservation effort to help grow and restore coral reefs as they face the threat of bleaching because of warmer seas.
Florida's united effort to turn the tide on coral bleaching
A race is under way in Florida to rescue corals being bleached at alarming rates as a result of historic heatwaves and rising water temperatures.
Thousands missing at sea as use of deadliest route rises
The number of people taking the world's deadliest migratory route-across the central Mediterranean - to reach the EU has more than doubled, driving irregular crossings at the bloc's external borders to their highest level in seven years.
Fresh anger over asylum policy after Channel boat deaths
Calls this week mounted in the UK and France for the introduction of safe routes for refugees crossing the Channel after a French organisation said it had received multiple distress calls from people making the crossing.
Questions fly after paradise is reduced to streets of ash
Atleast 99 people have died in the fire that consumed the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and officials warned that the effort to find and identify the dead was in its early stages. Meanwhile, residents raised questions over aspects of the government response, from warnings during the fire to aid distribution in the days since.
Phone apps hit home in Beijing's bid for hearts and minds
Ariel Lo spends a couple of hours most weeks sharing anime art and memes on Chinese apps, often chatting with friends in China in a Mandarin slightly different from the one she uses at home in Taiwan.
Great leap backwards? Deflationary slide sparks global fears
When two core indicators of Chinese inflation turned negative last week, alarm bells rang as the world's second-largest economy started sliding into deflation. According to Joe Biden, China's economy is a \"ticking timebomb\".
'You don't survive that' Sappers dice with death to clear mines
Oleksandr Slyusar, a Ukrainian sapper with a ready smile, had spent the past 30 hours under Russian shelling in the recently liberated village of Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. A rocket fired at them from a Grad system had peppered the legs and back of a fellow landmine-clearer with shrapnel.
Tech bosses issue threats to workers who shun office life
Amazon workers in the US are being tracked and penalised for not spending sufficient time in the company's offices, an email sent to employees revealed, as tech companies push back against work-from-home practices that flourished during the pandemic.
Desk jockeys - Why Britain has felt this seismic shift more than many countries
Working from home is a seismic shift in employment patterns that has rocked charities, businesses and public sector organisations across the world.
OUT OF OFFICE
Covid-19 transformed the way we work. But as lockdown memories fade, firms are pushing back against homebased employees. Who will prevail?
My legacy? I'm Ferris Bueller
The actor best known for playing a teenager talks about his new very grown-up role in the tale of OxyContin and the film that will always define him
People are kinder than our cynical politicians will give us credit for
An expiring Tory party lashing about for electoral resuscitation by doubling down on pugnacious policies. A Labour opposition that has straitjacketed its pledges and ambitions with its fears of blowing its strongest chance in years to gain power. That is the slim space that now defines Westminster, making the preoccupations and tones of our politicians seem more remote than ever.
My escape from China's mass arrests
When Uyghurs started disappearing into 're-education camps', I knew it was only a matter of time before I would be detained. So I got ready to run
'What about Hunter?' Why Biden's son is a GOP target again
The difference between six and seven is slight but, in the mouth of Joe Biden, it meant everything. \"I have seven grandkids,\" the US president said in a recent podcast interview.