The GuardianAt least 115 dead in Rwanda after heavy rains trigger floods and mudslidesverified_publisherThe GuardianAt least 115 people have died as floods and mudslides swept through northern and western Rwanda after torrential rains, according to the state-run broadcaster, which warned that the toll could rise. “The rain that fell last night caused disaster in the northern and western provinces,” the Rwanda …
The GuardianKremlin drone incident: Zelenskiy denies Russian claim Ukraine attempted to kill Putinverified_publisherThe Guardian - Pjotr Sauer, Dan SabbaghVolodymyr Zelenskiy has denied Russian claims that Ukraine was involved in a drone attack on the Kremlin that was intended to kill the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian president said on Wednesday: “We don’t attack Putin, or Moscow, we fight on our territory and defend our towns and …
The Guardian‘Frankenchicken’ farming in England against animal welfare law, high court toldverified_publisherThe Guardian - Haroon SiddiqueAllowing farmers in England to keep fast-growing broiler chickens that suffer a wide range of health problems is contrary to animal welfare regulations, the high court has heard. The Humane League UK (THL), represented by Advocates for Animals, claims the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has …
The GuardianBelarus sentences journalist Raman Pratasevich to eight years in jailverified_publisherThe GuardianA court in Belarus has sentenced to eight years in prison a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country. Raman Pratasevich’s dramatic arrest in May 2021 elicited outrage in the west, with some leaders saying the plane’s diversion …
The GuardianBoy, 13, kills eight children and security guard in Belgrade school shootingverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jon Henley Europe correspondentPolice name shooter as Kosta Kecmanović and say he was a pupil at the school who may have plotted attack for a month A 13-year-old boy opened fire in a Belgrade classroom in an apparently planned attack that killed eight children and a school security guard and injured a further six pupils as well …
The GuardianRussia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 434 of the invasionverified_publisherThe Guardian - Martin Belam, Harry TaylorMoscow has accused Kyiv of attempting a overnight drone strike on the Kremlin with the aim of killing the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said on Wednesday that two drones had been used in the attack, but that they had been disabled by Russian defences. In a statement published on …