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| | UK to give extra £1bn in military aid to Ukraine | |  | | | | | | | | | The UK is further bolstering its support to Ukraine, as it continues to battle against Russian forces. More aid - an additional £1bn - will be given for military investment. It would pay for "sophisticated air defence systems", drones, electronic warfare equipment, and "thousands of pieces of vital kit", the UK government said. This latest round of support now brings the total cost of military help from the UK to Ukraine to £2.3bn, second only to the US, and is set to come from departmental underspends - although government finances are not in surplus overall. This is on top of the £1.5bn in humanitarian and economic support.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said British spending was "transforming Ukraine's defences". The UK has also been training Ukrainian soldiers, more than 450 so far, in front-line battle and counter-explosive tactics. Take a look. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to push for more help as the monthly cost of defence stands at around £4.12bn. He has also urged Nato leaders to do more. "Russia still receives billions every day and spends them on war. We have a multibillion-dollar deficit, we don't have oil and gas to cover it," he told the military alliance at their summit in Madrid on Wednesday. Russia isn’t showing any signs of relenting, it has made gains in the east, and US intelligence agencies believe President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine. Russia’s unlikely to achieve that goal any time soon, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said. Nato is getting bigger, and its biggest member - the US - is beefing up its response to Moscow, says our political editor Chris Mason. Here’s his analysis. | | | | | |
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| | Paris attacker given rare full-life sentence as historic trial ends | | | | | | | | | A nine-month trial - the biggest in modern French history - into the group that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed has ended. The only surviving attacker, Salah Abdeslam, was found guilty of terrorism and murder charges. He was handed a rare full-life sentence, which means there is only a small chance of parole after 30 years. Abdeslam - whose suicide vest was defective, according to evidence accepted by the court - was convicted for his role in the gun and bomb attacks across bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and Bataclan music venue on 13 November 2015. It was the worst attack in France since World War Two. One survivor said the trial had not healed her pain and had left her unsatisfied, while the father of one of those who died said it had helped him to process the tragedy. Nineteen other men, six of whom are believed to be dead, were also convicted. | | | | | |
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| | Palace review of Meghan bullying claims stays private | | | | | | | | | When claims that the Duchess of Sussex bullied royal staff emerged, Buckingham Palace started an investigation. The investigation launched in March last year looked into the handling of allegations about the bullying of staff, which the duchess had strongly denied. The case was widely reported at the time, the findings, however, will remain private, according to a senior Buckingham Palace source. The inquiry has resulted in changes to "policies and procedures", but they will only be shared with "all members of staff, all members of the Royal Family", the royal source said. Read more here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | A skull rolled towards my feet. It would have hit my trainers if it hadn't been blocked by the zipline of a body bag it had just been thrown inside. Next to me, Gemma Baran, 44, watched in horror as more of her husband's bones were loaded into the bag. Gemma had buried Patricio Baran here five years ago but she could no longer afford to lease the cemetery plot - in crowded Manila, the poor often lie in rented graves, nearly $200 (£164) a piece.
But she was recently offered a different grave for Patricio - this one for free - by a local church programme, "paghilom" or "healing". It supports families of those who have been killed in the vicious war on drugs that has catapulted the Philippines into global headlines in recent years. Patricio, a 47-year-old security guard, was shot dead on 9 July 2017. He had disappeared the day before. | | | | | | | | | | | | Howard Johnson | | BBC News, Manila | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | A variety of stories lead this morning’s front pages, including Nato’s proposed response to the growing threat of Russia, which features heavily. The Metro describes the situation as "Europe’s new Iron Curtain", and the Times says there will be a "troop surge" to defend the military alliance’s eastern flank. Meanwhile, the i newspaper reports there will be no extra UK defence cash until 2025 despite the war in Ukraine. Cash is the focus of the Daily Mirror, which questions the "record payout" of £100m for the Royal Family amid the cost-of-living crisis. Further stories about the royals feature in the Daily Express and the Daily Mail, which reports the findings of an investigation into whether the Duchess of Sussex bullied members of staff will never be made public. Read the newspaper review in full here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | Commons MPs' babies should be barred from chamber - review | | | | | | | Inquiry Watchdog investigates Captain Tom Foundation charity | | | | | | | Brexit UK legislation is a gun on the table - EU | | | | | | | Fuel Petrol station staff abused over high prices | | | | | | |
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| | Need something different? | | | | | | | | | After eight hours of make-up a day, actor Jamie Campbell Bower is unrecognisable. He becomes something you might expect to see in Stranger Things - and that’s exactly where you’ll find him. Well, as the monstrous supernatural serial killer Vecna in the latest series. Despite the painstaking process, Campbell Bower says he pinches himself at his luck being in the Netflix show. Here's his story, and some before and after shots of his transformation.
It wasn’t science fiction shows that inspired a 21-year-old woman woman to follow her career path but true crime documentaries. Abby-Leigh Doig wanted a career in forensic psychology - or at least she thought she did. She even finished studying the course but then she saw a field full of cows and everything changed. Read more here.
And finally, things changed for many of those in the sandwich shop business during the coronavirus pandemic. Shops weren't exactly jam-packed with customers but they have been returning for a slice of the action. Sandwich sellers are biting back - here's what we’ve found. | | | | | |
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| | On this day | | | | | | | 1985 Thirty-nine US hostages being held by the Shia Muslim Amal militia in Lebanon are released. Watch our report about how their ordeal came to an end. | | | | | | | | |
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