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Populist Brexit-backer Nigel Farage was doused with what appeared to be a milkshake as he kicked off his campaign on Tuesday for the Britain’s July 4 general elections. He had just left a pub in the eastern seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea where he had been speaking to the media, when a bystander threw the drink over him. Police say they have arrested a 25-year-old woman from Clacton on suspicion of assault. The populist politician and former European Member of Parliament is making his eighth attempt at winning a seat in the House of Commons. After initially saying he would not stand in the elec...
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The U.K. military chief, Admiral Antony Radakin, is "hugely confident" that Ukraine will eventually win the full-scale war despite Russia's recent tactical advances, he said in an interview with Sky News published on June 3. Moscow launched a new offensive on May 10 in the north of Kharkiv Oblast. By the end of the month, Kyiv said that Russian advance in the sector had been halted and Ukrainian troops were conducting counterattacks. Radakin insisted that Russia is "failing" despite the ongoing offensive in Kharkiv Oblast and Ukrainian forces' issues with personnel and ammunition shortages. "R...
Kyiv Independent
The U.K. military chief, Admiral Antony Radakin, is "hugely confident" that Ukraine will eventually win the full-scale war despite Russia's recent tactical advances, he said in an interview with Sky News published on June 3. Moscow launched a new offensive on May 10 in the north of Kharkiv Oblast. By the end of the month, Kyiv said that Russian advance in the sector had been halted and Ukrainian troops were conducting counterattacks. Radakin insisted that Russia is "failing" despite the ongoing offensive in Kharkiv Oblast and Ukrainian forces' issues with personnel and ammunition shortages. "R...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The U.K. military chief, Admiral Antony Radakin, is "hugely confident" that Ukraine will eventually win the full-scale war despite Russia's recent tactical advances, he said in an interview with Sky News published on June 3. Moscow launched a new offensive on May 10 in the north of Kharkiv Oblast. By the end of the month, Kyiv said that Russian advance in the sector had been halted and Ukrainian troops were conducting counterattacks. Radakin insisted that Russia is "failing" despite the ongoing offensive in Kharkiv Oblast and Ukrainian forces' issues with personnel and ammunition shortages. "R...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
The death toll is the highest publicly acknowledged death toll from the multiple rounds of strikes carried out over the Houthi rebels' attacks on shipping. Three US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe a then-ongoing attack, described the strikes on Thursday as hitting a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities. They called it a response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden over the Israel-Hamas war. The US F/A-18 fighter jets in...
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The US and the UK struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three US officials said. The Houthi rebels said the airstrikes killed at least 16 people and wounded 35. According to the officials, American and British fighter jets and US ships hit a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities. The officials spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity to provide early deta...
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Photo provided by Kensa Broadhurst and used with permission. Background image: digitized versions of a 16th century Cornish play called The Creation of the World. MS Bodl-219, 16v, lines 1525-150 (provided by Broadhurst). Europe’s linguistic diversity is increasingly reflected in online spaces, where regional and minority language speakers and their communities leverage digital tools and media to preserve, promote, and revitalize their language heritage. In this spirit, Rising Voices’ online campaign @EuroDigitalLang has been curating a rotating X (formerly Twitter) account. Here, language act...
Global Voices
Oscar-winning British actress and national treasure Dame Judi Dench has hinted at a possible retirement at age 89, after sharing an update on her health. The award-winning performer – whose work encompasses theatre, film and television – was at the annual RHS Chelsea Flower Show, during which she shared that she did not have any upcoming film projects. “No, no. I can’t even see!” she said, referring to her current affliction of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is an eye disease that blurs central vision, a common condition that is the leading cause of vision loss for adults, which h...
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Europe faces a deepening housing crisis, with severe shortages and escalating rental prices. Vacant properties and second homes present another dimension to this issue. In England, there were 1.5 million unoccupied dwellings in 2021, accounting for 5.4% of all housing units such as houses or flats, according to ONS estimates. Paying extra council tax (a "premium") for empty houses has already been implemented in a number of local councils for a decade, although the rules vary. The strengthened empty homes premium came into effect in April. It now applies for properties that have been empty and...
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‘Metamorphosis: Innovation in Eco Photography & Film’ will run at the Sloane Square gallery until 28 July and features work from the artists Almudena Romero, Edd Carr, Hannah Fletcher, and Scott Hunter. All the works on show blend traditional artistic mediums with the goal of eco-friendly practices. Photography has historically been an ecologically wasteful medium – from the unsustainable toxic chemicals used in development to the manufacture and disposal of camera equipment, photography has been relatively environmentally unfriendly. Louis Vuitton unveils dramatic new styles at Gaudí’s Park G...
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