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Police raid homes of 18 suspects over New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Milan

15 men and three boys are suspected of involvement in the attacks on nine women in Piazza del Duomo

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

11, Jan, 2022 @7:02 PM

US delivery apps have a new high-end ‘wellness’ product: Covid tests

Companies pivot as demand for home tests soars and charge higher prices for tests delivered and administered at home

Carly Olson

11, Jan, 2022 @6:46 PM

Covid loses 90% of ability to infect within 20 minutes in air – study

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Linda Geddes Science correspondent

11, Jan, 2022 @6:45 PM

‘It was the day of my husband’s funeral’: readers remember 20 May 2020

Five people share what their lives looked like on the day of the alleged No 10 lockdown party

Clea Skopeliti and Alfie Packham

11, Jan, 2022 @6:44 PM

German steam cleaner maker asks French politicians not to sully its brand

Kärcher asserts political neutrality as presidential hopeful calls for pressure-washing criminals out of suburbs

Kim Willsher in Paris

11, Jan, 2022 @6:11 PM

Small reminders of Britain’s slaving past

Letters: Aidan Turner-Bishop suggests Germany’s Stolpersteine as a model for the UK to follow, and Robert Tilleard recalls being told about slave manacles in a house in Bristol

Letters

11, Jan, 2022 @5:49 PM

Polar prayers in the most northern aisles | Brief letters

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Letters

11, Jan, 2022 @5:48 PM

German climate minister says speed of carbon cuts needs to be trebled

Robert Habeck has called for nation to act to realise ‘gigantic task’ of creating climate neutral country

Kate Connolly in Berlin

11, Jan, 2022 @5:09 PM

UK Covid death toll has passed 175,000, says ONS

Figure of 176,035 differs significantly from government’s official count – which exceeded 150,000 at weekend

Niamh McIntyre and Pamela Duncan

11, Jan, 2022 @4:18 PM

Families on losing loved ones to Covid: ‘It feels like she’s been snatched away’

As the ONS reports the number of deaths from the disease passing 175,000, relatives speak about their bereavement

Rachel Hall and Sarah Marsh

11, Jan, 2022 @4:00 PM

‘Boris Johnson: if you respect the British people, tell us if you attended No 10 party’

PM’s response to claims has caused additional hurt to those who are grieving, writes Hannah Brady, of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice

Hannah Brady

11, Jan, 2022 @3:59 PM

Silvio Berlusconi steps up Italy presidential campaign with threat to coalition

Forza Italia leader will reportedly withdraw party from government if Mario Draghi is elected president