Alastair Jamieson
The Independent
United Kingdom
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Russia is ‘weaponising’ food, energy and children in war on Ukraine, Zelensky tells UN
Ukraine leader addresses UN General Assembly at key moment for international support for fight against Moscow → Read More
Hundreds of flights cancelled as Hong Kong and parts of China brace for Super Typhoon Saola
China’s weather service warns Saola could be ‘strongest typhoon to make landfall in Pearl River Delta since 1949’ → Read More
Niger coup: Ecowas to hold summit after junta defies deadline and closes airspace
Junta is braced for a military response after its refusal to restore president to power → Read More
FCA tackles poor rates for savers and warns £250bn is sitting in accounts that earn no interest
‘Progress has been made ... but this needs to speed up’ → Read More
British Airways parent IAG sees record profits from higher fares despite IT meltdowns
Airline boss admits ‘some of our operations are not where we would want them to be’ → Read More
Archbishop of Canterbury urges Anglican Church of Uganda to reject anti-homosexuality law
‘No justification to support such laws’ says Welby → Read More
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni defiant over anti-LGBT+ law including death penalty
One of world’s harshest anti-gay laws includes death sentence for ‘serial’ homosexuals → Read More
Journalist on Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus is jailed for 8 years
Lukashenko regime ordered commerical flight to land in Minsk and arrested opponent onboard → Read More
I was only joking about Bakhmut ceasefire, says Wagner chief
Russia installs ‘Devil’s Teeth’ anti-tank defence barricade to thwart Ukrainian forces → Read More
Erdogan cancels election rallies with stomach bug as Turkish expats vote in Germany
Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan cancelled political rallies on Thursday because of a stomach bug, as citizens overseas began voting in the country’s election. He was suffering from gastroenteritis but will rejoin the campaign trail as soon as possible, health minister Fahrettin Koca. It came after Erdogan cut short a live TV interview during which he said he felt unwell. → Read More
Woman used name of dead helicopter crash pilot to avoid driving fine
Brisbane woman used information from crash victim’s death notice to nominate him as the driver of her car → Read More
Nestle hikes prices by 10 per cent as grocery inflation remains stubbornly high
Shoppers are paying 17.3 per cent more than in April last year, inflation figures show → Read More
CBI ‘suspending’ all activity after firms pull membership over second rape allegation
Future of trade body in doubt until June meeting after sexual misconduct scandals → Read More
Sudan’s top general makes first video address since conflict as death toll passes 400
‘We are confident that we will overcome this ordeal...’ → Read More
A cry for the endangered curlew – and what can be done to save it
Britain’s largest wader could disappear within years unless we take action, says Alastair Jamieson → Read More
Spanish woman leaves cave after 500 days in total isolation
‘I’ve been a year and a half without talking and I find it difficult’ → Read More
Joe Biden declares ‘I am home’ in historic address to Irish parliament
‘I think the United Kingdom should be working closer with Ireland’ to protect peace, president says → Read More
Shoppers head to frozen aisle to cool impact of ‘sizzling hot’ inflation
The more budget-friendly options also have a longer shelf life in the freezer → Read More
UK economy still set to contract this quarter as February sees zero growth
But it could have been much worse, says Bank of England’s chief economist → Read More
Oxford malaria vaccine wins first approval from Ghana in ‘significant milestone’
600,000 die every year from the disease, mostly children in Africa → Read More