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Keir Starmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on Kyiv visit
Keir Starmer has travelled to Ukraine to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since he entered Downing Street, hailing a “closer than ever” partnership days before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
The two countries will sign a partnership deal to deepen the existing defence relationship, with further …
Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination
Residents of Jersey have been recommended bloodletting to reduce high concentrations of “forever chemicals” in their blood after tests showed some islanders have levels that can lead to health problems.
Private drinking water supplies in Jersey were polluted by the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) …
‘Their human resources are unlimited’: Russia’s advances signal bleak spring for Ukrainians
In an underground command post in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier peered at a map. Russian positions were marked in red. A year ago enemy troops were at least 35 miles (60km) away from the administrative border between Donetsk oblast and the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region. Now they were on the …
Australia’s unemployment rate rises to 4% but uncertainty now lingers over expected RBA cut
The unemployment rate increased in December, while job creation also rose, in a sign of a resilient labour market that creates uncertainty over an expected interest rate cut next month.
Australia’s jobless rate lifted to 4% in December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed on Thursday. At the same …
Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair | Greg Jericho
2025 has not started well, and you should be bloody angry.
We are less than five months from the federal election and both major parties’ climate change policies are an amalgam of indolence and lies.
Not one politician in either major party is being honest with voters.
The Liberals claim …
Escalating armed conflict is most urgent threat for world in 2025, say global leaders
Global leaders have said that escalating armed conflict is the most urgent threat in 2025 but the climate emergency is expected to cause the greatest concern over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum.
Ahead of its yearly gathering in the Swiss ski resort of Davos next week, …
Stand up and be counted: six ways to protest that will make your voice heard
three climate activists were arrested
forthrowing soup over
Sunflowers
by Vincent van Gogh at the National Gallery. The Just Stop Oil protest landed on the national front pages. But will the action help further the activists’ cause to end …Novak Djokovic breaks grand slam record before surviving scare at Australian Open
Few things have come easily for Novak Djokovic in these early days of his 21st grand slam season, but the most successful player in the history of the game continued his attempts to build momentum on an incredibly familiar court, Rod Laver Arena, and trust with his extremely unfamiliar new …
Wednesday briefing: What a Gaza ceasefire might look like
Ukraine war briefing: Power cuts after ‘massive’ Russian missile strike
Ukraine’s national grid operator said it had introduced emergency power cuts in six regions
on Wednesday morning amid a “massive” Russian missile strike
. The Ukrainian energy minister, German Galushchenko, said “preventative measures” were in force. Ukrainian authorities earlier issued air raid alerts for the entire country as the …