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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy calls Putin’s offer of brief ceasefire ‘manipulation’

Ukraine president urges month-long truce after Russia suggests three-day one to mark a world war two victory. What we know on day 1,161

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for an immediate month-long cease…

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Putin announces 72-hour May ceasefire in Ukraine war

Kyiv responds to Russian announcement by calling for an immediate 30-day halt to fighting ‘not just for a parade’

Vladimir Putin has declared a three-day full ceasefire in the war with Ukraine in May …

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Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future

Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan – formerly the Soviet Union’s pri…

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‘Muscle-flexing or urgent threat?’ How Trump’s assault on culture echoes the Nazis targeting ‘degenerate art’

As the US president hangs a fist-pumping portrait of himself in the White House and seeks to purge museums of ‘improper ideology’, our writer finds chilling parallels at a new show about the Nazis ri…

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After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989-2024; Peter Mitchell: Nothing Lasts Forever – review

Stills, Edinburgh; Photographers’ Gallery, London
From loneliness in Norfolk to vibrant Indian culture in Leicester, a touring show captures a riot of contradictions. Elsewhere, Leeds is lent an other…

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In defiance of Donald Trump, is a European ‘security council’ emerging? | Paul Taylor

With the US threatening unilateral withdrawal, even from the top Nato military post, five European nations must fill the vacuum

In the face of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine and Donald Tr…

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