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Russia is walking away from the last remaining treaty designed to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Give us fighter aircraft: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, presents the speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, with a fighter pilot’s helmet.
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Air power has transformed warfare and may well prove crucial to the outcome of this conflict.
Safe in a new country: but for how long? A young Ukrainian boy with his model of the Houses of Parliament.
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Ukrainian families taking refuge in the UK face barriers and misunderstanding as well as kindness.
Revellers in Cardiff city centre.
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Recent research shows how the relationship between alcohol consumption, queuing and crowds can lead to violent behaviour in city centres at night.
Surprise visit: Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, welcomes the US president, Joe Biden, to the presidential palace in Kyiv.
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The message is clear: this war must end in Ukraine and the west will do all it can to ensure this outcome.
Joe Biden during the 2020 election race, but will he stand in 2024?
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Joe Biden’s appeal to suburban and older voters will make him difficult to beat, some experts argue.
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Joe Biden’s poor debate performance has prompted widespread speculation that the Democrats will seek another nominee for November’s eleciton.
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There are many different reasons why men and women commit these acts, but the small number of cases makes it difficult to track.
All good friends: US secretary of defense Lloyd Austin visits the president of the Phllippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jnr.
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Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos is playing a delicate game of great power relations between Beijing and Washington.
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Schools, friends, support and local knowledge can’t be picked up and moved to a different city.
Boys in an abandoned building in Centro Habana, a neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba, in December 2022.
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The island is facing the harshest economic conditions since the 1990s, prompting 224,000 people to leave in 12 months.
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I was in a region in southern Sweden’s Northland in September 2021 to find out more about a group of people who were staunchly against COVID-19 vaccinations.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past week.
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Support for independence doesn’t depend on the departing SNP leader, but her successor will need a new plan.
Russian soldiers have sometimes had to provide their own medical kits.
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Russian soldiers are often barely trained and are not the highly trained operatives that some experts expected.
Washington has pledged to supply Ukraine with its sophisticated Patriot surface-to-air missile systems.
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Because of the west’s fear that the war might escalate, it is effectively forcing Ukraine to fight with one hand tied behind its back.
Being seen: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has maintained a constant stream of appearances to press home his country’s narrative.
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The two sides have used media very differently during the conflict: Zelensky has inspired support, Putin has stifled dissent.
Turkey’s government is facing criticism over its responses to the devastating earthquakes.
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Politicians will be wondering if the lessons from Turkey’s 1999 earthquake have been learned.
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Their departures are a stark contrast to some recent male leaders who held on until they were forced out.
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The conceptual, technical, entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills that make a good leader are crucial to every profession and activity. Developing them will enrich your life.
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Running gives us an identity that may help us cope when our sense of self is challenged at work.
Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation press conference.
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What does the future hold for Scottish independence and the SNP after Nicola Sturgeon?
Coup worries: Moldovan president Maia Sandu.
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Reports of a planned coup in Moldova have revived fears about the Kremlin’s intentions for Ukraine’s pro-European neighbour.
Balloon sellers during the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Fitr.
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Local journalism should be recognised as an essential element for nurturing the UK’s diverse, civic communities.
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People form as strong attachments to gaming universes and can mourn their loss as keenly as physical places.