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Ukraine war: ICC’s Putin arrest warrant may be symbolic but must be the beginning of holding the Russian leader accountable
Marking the ninth anniversary of his illegal annexation of Crimea, Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the occupied Ukrainian peninsula on March 18. His visit came a day after the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued an arrest warrant against him. Putin and his children’s commissioner, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova,Continue Reading
London festivals 2023: Your guide to the capital’s best music events
F rom Wireless to British Summer Time, London’s festivals cater to a broad spectrum of tastes. So, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most unmissable music festivals coming up this summer – so you don’t miss any! Here’s a run-down of the best music festivals in the capital:Continue Reading
The SNP lost tens of thousands of members under Nicola Sturgeon – here’s why that should worry her successor
Alamy/Xinhua All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real condition of life and his relations with his kind. So wrote Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto. They were talking about howContinue Reading
Sam Neill says he has ‘never felt better’ months on from blood cancer remission
S am Neill said he has “never felt better” after revealing he has been in remission from blood cancer for several months. The 75-year-old New Zealand actor, who was born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, is best known for his role as palaeontologist Alan Grant in the science-fiction film seriesContinue Reading
Former Newcastle star brutally punched by OWN ‘crazy’ fan in horror scenes as match suspended and supporter arrested
FORMER Newcastle player Jetro Willems was punched by one of his OWN FANS as an Eredivisie game boiled over and was temporarily suspended. Willems, 28, who spent the 2019/20 campaign on loan in the North East, saw his struggling Groningen side fall 2-0 behind at home to Heerenveen on Sunday.Continue Reading
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan to back Sinn Féin eviction ban motion
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan has said she will vote against the Government and back a Sinn Féin motion to retain the eviction ban. The Dublin Central TD has been critical of the ending of the ban, and will support the opposition’s motion in the Dáil. Writing in the SundayContinue Reading
The camera never lies? Our research found CCTV isn’t always dependable when it comes to murder investigations
"The camera never lies," goes the old adage. But how true is that? Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock As a victim or suspect of a crime, or witness to an offence, you may find your actions, behaviour and character scrutinised by the police or a barrister using CCTV footage. You may assume all theContinue Reading
Dominic Minghella: I’m still living in agony 15 years on from brother’s death
T he brother of Anthony Minghella said he is still living in “agony” 15 years on from the Oscar-winning director’s death. The British filmmaker won best director for romantic war drama The English Patient, which starred Ralph Fiennes, and received three more nods from the Academy Awards. Dominic Minghella, whoContinue Reading
Iraq war 20 years on: the British government has never fully learned from Tony Blair’s mistakes
EPA/Chris Ison The Iraq war remains the UK’s most investigated foreign policy decision of the past 50 years. As the world marks 20 years since the invasion that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, we have to ask, has the UK learned any lessons from what happened in 2003? TheContinue Reading
Middle East: recent developments could rewrite the political map – but a lot will depend on Israel
kirill_makarov via Shutterstock Following political developments in the past fortnight, two state-level policy changes in the Middle East are likely to combine to have a substantial impact on regional stability. On March 10, in a deal brokered by China and signed in Beijing, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to reestablishContinue Reading