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Wednesday briefing: The world waits after Ukraine assassinates top Putin general in Moscow
Australia denied in third Test draw as India find time to expose familiar flaws
First of all, you have to say “fair play” to Australia for making a game of it. Losing some time out of day five of the Brisbane Test was already inevitable with the weather forecast. But when most of the first session disappeared due to lightning precautions and then rain, …
‘A living hero’: Philippines welcomes back death row survivor Mary Jane Veloso
After 14 years on death row in Indonesia, Mary Jane Veloso arrived in Manila on Wednesday to the tight embrace of her family. Their eyes were swollen from tears of joy, yet their faces were lit up with big smiles.
It was a homecoming and family reunion that has brought …
Police missed clues about dangers of far right before summer riots in England
Police intelligence missed clues about the dangers posed by the far right before the summer riots across England, a police chief has said.
Andy Cooke, the chief inspector of constabulary, also said police were too slow to mobilise after disorder broke out, meaning some violence wasworse than it would otherwise …
House of Commons should consider electronic voting, MPs say in letter
The Commons should consider a move to electronic voting, a group of more than 60 backbenchers have said, with the current system of filing physically through voting lobbies taking up to a fifth of their working day.
Of the 62 signatories to the joint letter to Lucy Powell, the leader …
Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years
The world’s coal use is expected to reach a fresh high of 8.7bn tonnes this year, and remain at near-record levels for years as a result of a global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
There has been record production and trade of coal and power generation from …
Amazon to settle dispute with delivery drivers over claims worth potential £140m
Amazon is to settle a group claim from delivery drivers that it deprived them of thousands of pounds, the Guardian has learned, ending a suit that lawyers had said could cost the company £140m.
Drivers who deliver for the internet marketplace through its “delivery service partners” (DSPs) are classed as …
Tintin and the terrific tomb: Essex heritage listing is thrill for Hergé fans
Blistering barnacles! Thundering typhoons! Blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon! Who knew there was a 300-year-old tomb in Essex that can be linked to Tintin’s boozy best friend Captain Haddock?
The little-known tomb of Mary Haddock, in a churchyard in Leigh-on-Sea, has been named as one of the quirkier …
‘I am hitting a wall’: heir of Jewish art collector calls for restitution from Germany
German experts have long agreed that Michael Hulton, the sole surviving heir to an illustrious Jewish art collector forced to flee the Nazis, has a strong case for restitution. But after years of waiting, he’s running out of patience – and time.
Hulton, 78, is the great-nephew of Alfred Flechtheim, …