‘I took a grenade blast to escape’: Russian deserters speak to The Times
When Nikolai’s assault unit was told to advance on a Ukrainian position, he decided he’d rather blow up his own arm than continue to fight. Nikolai and two other former Russian soldiers tell The Times...
8 Dec 202528min
Why too much noise is damaging our health - The Sunday Story
Jet engines, the neighbour's lawnmower, traffic noise - it's all terrible for our health. Yet for many years the issue has been dismissed, described as the "poor cousin” of other environmental issues ...
7 Dec 202513min
Sex poetry and brain worms: The RFK 'love triangle' shocking America - The Saturday Story
A new book by New York Magazine’s former star political writer, Olivia Nuzzi, has unleashed a chaotic slew of revelations about her alleged transgressive relationships with wayward politicians — and t...
6 Dec 202536min
Why are so many Poles returning home?
In the 1980s, the leader of Poland’s Solidarity Movement, campaigning against communism, promised the country’s economy would one day rival Japan. The crowd laughed. Now that dream has become a realit...
5 Dec 202533min
Will a review into mental health fix a system in crisis?
Today, Health Secretary Wes Streeting is announcing an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD, and autism services. Amid soaring welfare costs and long waiting lists, the govern...
4 Dec 202524min
What ever happened to Trump’s peace plan for Gaza?
On Tuesday the UN General Assembly met to discuss a plan for Palestinian statehood, two months after President Trump announced his twenty-point peace plan for Israel and Gaza. But has the fighting act...
3 Dec 202530min
Will the budget fallout bring down Keir Starmer?
The arguments over last week’s budget continue; first chancellor Rachel Reeves was accused of misleading MPs and the public over the state of public finances, then the chair of the budget watchdog, th...
2 Dec 202529min
Joseph Kony's son escaped his father's militia - now he tells his story
In 2012 Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony went viral thanks to Kony 2012, a documentary about his atrocities. He's been on the run ever since. Today, the son who was groomed to be his father's heir tells hi...
1 Dec 202534min
