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Sinn Féin leader says Boris Johnson using Northern Ireland as ‘pawn’ in games with EU
Mary Lou McDonald says Tories in ‘cahoots’ with DUP in threatening to tear up post-Brexit protocol
Harry Taylor
14, May, 2022 @4:14 PM

Secret British ‘black propaganda’ campaign targeted cold war enemies
Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papers
Jason Burke
14, May, 2022 @3:56 PM

Sri Lankan president ‘Gota’ clings on to power despite violent protests and new PM
Further intense unrest puts more pressure on the presidency of Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Minoli de Soysa in Colombo
14, May, 2022 @3:20 PM

‘I’m disgusted’: readers in the Philippines on the 2022 election result
Seven Filipinos share their views on the victory of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and the future they see for the country
Rachel Obordo and Guardian readers
14, May, 2022 @2:30 PM

West must not lift sanctions on Maduro, says Venezuelan opposition
Helping president would hand victory to autocratic alliance led by Russia, warns deputy foreign minister
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
14, May, 2022 @1:01 PM

Only 7% of 5-11s in England have had Covid jab as parents hesitate
Six weeks after start of vaccine rollout, fraction of young children have had first dose as parents question usefulness
James Tapper
14, May, 2022 @11:36 AM

Albanese says Morrison broke faith with US by delaying Labor’s Aukus briefing
Biden administration reportedly said defence alliance needed bipartisan support, but opposition was not told until day before it was announced
Lisa Cox
14, May, 2022 @8:23 AM

‘We kept our beards’: Oberammergau’s passion play emerges from pandemic
In 1633 the Bavarian village vowed to stage its play every 10 years if it survived the plague. It did then and has again
Kate Connolly in Oberammergau
14, May, 2022 @7:00 AM

Demonstrators across the US protest expected reversal of Roe v Wade
Bans Off Our Bodies marches follow the Senate’s failure to pass legislation protecting the right to an abortion
Guardian staff
14, May, 2022 @6:00 AM

UN official on Roe v Wade: reversal would ‘give legitimacy to growing anti-women’s rights’
Special rapporteur Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng urges the US supreme court not to reverse abortion rights, which speak to who owns women’s bodies in society
Jessica Glenza
14, May, 2022 @6:00 AM

The 5.20 from Kyiv: restored suburban rail offers hope as clean-up intensifies
Commuter towns notorious for Russian atrocities, such as Irpin, Bucha and Borodianka, are slowly picking up the pieces
Daniel Boffey in the Kiev region
14, May, 2022 @6:00 AM

Ukraine has won the battle of Kharkiv, analysts say, as Kyiv warns of ‘long phase of war’
US-based thinktank claims Russian troops are being pushed back eastwards from Ukraine’s second city, and aiming to use mercenaries
Dan Sabbagh and Martin Farrer
14, May, 2022 @5:52 AM
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