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Political survival is the real contest in Solomon Islands as Sogavare prepares for Pacific Games
After the PM postponed elections to 2024 due to the cost of the upcoming Games, Honiara looks to China and Australia for funding and security support
Meg Keen
28, Jun, 2023 @8:00 PM
Russian general who may have known about Wagner mutiny goes missing
US intelligence claims Gen Sergei Surovikin, who has close ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin, had prior knowledge of uprising
Andrew Roth and Dan Sabbagh
28, Jun, 2023 @6:33 PM
Kramatorsk strike death toll rises to 11 – as it happened
Three children among dead in Russian attack that hit pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine; US president says ‘hard to tell’ if Putin weakened by Wagner mutiny. This blog is now closed.
Sammy Gecsoyler; Martin Belam and Royce Kurmelovs
28, Jun, 2023 @5:54 PM
Four children among 11 killed in missile strike on Ukraine pizza restaurant
At least 56 people injured when Russian rocket hit packed restaurant in eastern city of Kramatorsk
Luke Harding in Kyiv and Lorenzo Tondo in Kharkiv
28, Jun, 2023 @4:21 PM
Turkish fury as Sweden allows Qur’an burning risks further delays to Nato bid
Foreign minister condemns ‘vile protest’ outside Stockholm mosque ahead of meeting in Brussels to discuss application
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
28, Jun, 2023 @3:57 PM
Video of apparent neo-Nazi handing out balloons at German nursery sparks outrage
Footage emerges day after Thuringia became first German state to elect a mayor from far-right Alternative für Deutschland party
Kate Connolly in Berlin
28, Jun, 2023 @2:50 PM
France police shooting: Macron says killing of teenager ‘inexcusable’
President condemns incident as riots erupt in Nanterre after fatal shooting that followed traffic stop
Angelique Chrisafis in Nanterre
28, Jun, 2023 @2:27 PM
Former Israeli PM and ex-parliamentarian investigated by police
Statements by Ehud Barak and Yair Golan on plans for judiciary reviewed on grounds of alleged sedition
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
28, Jun, 2023 @11:23 AM
Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar
Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation
Tom Phillips and Ana Ionova in Belém
28, Jun, 2023 @9:30 AM
Ukraine defence minister expects Nato guarantee for after war
Exclusive: Oleksii Reznikov says entry to alliance non-negotiable and pledges need to be made now
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
28, Jun, 2023 @9:06 AM
Chaos at New Zealand feral cat hunting contest as video of children chanting with dead animals emerges
The North Canterbury event had reinstated a category for culling feral cats, after earlier facing criticism from animal welfare groups
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
28, Jun, 2023 @7:02 AM
Wednesday briefing: Inside the marking boycott that has thrown university students’ futures into the air
In today’s newsletter: A row between lecturers and universities has left thousands of exams and dissertations ungraded – what’s the dispute about, and how might it end?
Esther Addley
28, Jun, 2023 @5:55 AM
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