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‘More time to learn’: Ashes hero drops out of race for UK parliament
After a series of gaffes, former England cricketer Monty Panesar has now said he will no longer contest the seat for parliament one week after announcing his run.
- by Rob Harris
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This country wants to kick under-13s off social media. Will Australia do the same?
Social media firms will be required to introduce robust checks, including the use of photo ID such as passports, to identify children using their sites and protect them from harm online.
- by Charles Hymas
Plot to assassinate Zelensky and top Ukrainian officials a ‘gift to Putin’
Ukrainian authorities said they arrested two officers in the agency responsible for protecting senior government leaders and accused them of developing the assassination plot.
- by David L. Stern and Serhiy Morgunov
Prince Harry in UK but won’t visit father because King couldn’t find time
The Duke of Sussex had made little secret of his hopes to see his father, who was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer earlier this year.
- by Rob Harris
Unmasked: Notorious Russian cyber criminal who plundered hospitals with ransomware
Attacks by the Lockbit ransomware operation targeted over 100 hospitals and healthcare companies worldwide. Now the world knows Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev is the mastermind.
- by Rob Harris
‘New round of escalation’: Putin’s Russia threatens UK, plans tactical nuclear drills
The drills are a response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
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Analysis
UK politics
Sunak closer to the scrapheap after Tories smashed at local elections
After weeks of speculation of a move against him, it appears even Sunak’s colleagues have lost hope that changing the leader could do anything ahead of the general election in the UK.
- by Rob Harris
Meet the hero dog so popular he’s been targeted by the Kremlin
Bomb sniffing dog Patron is now so popular in Ukraine that he’s inspired hit songs, an animated YouTube series and various forms of fan art.
- by Rob Harris
Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP, but he’s already got himself in a spin
The former England left-arm spinner conducted a series of awkward interviews after declaring he would stand as a candidate at the next general election.
- by Rob Harris
Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID
Johnson introduced the contentious new laws that mandate photo ID when voting while he was PM despite railing against the idea when he was a newspaper columnist in 2004.
- by Rob Harris