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Ukrainian ‘special units’ in Kherson as Russia completes withdrawal
Videos and photos on social media showed residents jubilantly taking to the streets, waving Ukrainian flags and chanting in celebration.
- by Hanna Arhirova and John Leicester
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Crime
The day I had a beer with Lord Lucan ... I think
It all came back this week with the news that a computer scientist claimed to have verified that a pensioner living in Brisbane was the one and only aristocrat who had vanished, suspected of murder.
- by Reg Lynch
Russian wives go to battlefield to rescue husbands as 100,000 soldiers reported killed
Yulia said the commander of her husband’s company told her only 30 out of 200 men had survived a Ukrainian attack. Her husband was “crying for help”, she said.
- by Nataliya Vasilyeva and Jessica Abrahams
‘Selfish’: France allows charity boat in, slams Italy’s new government
Immigration is a hot-button issue and the French interior minister is not impressed with Giorgia Meloni’s new right-wing government, promising consequences.
- by Dominique Vidalon and Marc Leras
A note from Oxford: The UK’s shifting approach to stolen treasures
King Charles has a key role to play in opening up the conversation about Britain, stolen cultural artefacts and slavery.
- by Rob Harris
How Putin terrorises towns after his Russian troops flee
Villagers hoped they had escaped Russia’s grasp before the missiles started falling from the sky. Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty report from just outside the key city of Kherson.
- by Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Why Putin needs a story that may even include some facts
In his September annexation declaration, Putin told the Russian people that Kherson is part of Russia. He will need to justify the withdrawal and distract the domestic audience from it.
- by Mick Ryan
KFC sorry for Kristallnacht ‘treat’ message
The fast-food chain told customers in a mobile app notification to “treat themselves” to mark the 84th anniversary of the pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany.
- by James Crisp
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Russia-Ukraine war
Russia says it’s withdrawing from key city in Ukraine
The announcement signals another humiliating setback for Moscow’s forces in the eight-month-old war.
- by Anthony Galloway
‘We were fuelled by colonial convictions’: Museums return remains of 18 Indigenous Australians
Two Oxford University museums are among several institutions under increased pressure to return the many “colonial prizes” in their collections.
- by Rob Harris
Man arrested after throwing eggs at King Charles
Footage on social media showed four eggs flying past the British monarch and his wife and smashing on the ground.