The TelegraphFor many people in Ukraine, it is not President Zelensky, with his trademark green sweatshirts and regular addresses to the nation, who provides comfort to the war-ravaged country, but rather his wife, Olena.
Composed, articulate and by her husband’s side on the international stage whenever their conflicting schedules allow, the First Lady of Ukraine has inadvertently become a powerful symbol of hope.
Yet behind her polished exterior Olena Zelenska has battled with the same anxieties and vulnerabilities known to ordinary Ukrainians, who continue to suffer the agonising consequences of Putin’s invasion.
In an interview from inside the Office of the President in Kyiv, Mrs Zelenska told The Telegraph that she has come close to “burn-out” as she struggled to cope with the magnitude of Putin’s war, while maintaining a brave face for her country and her children.
00:00 Introduction and war fatigue. 01:25 The Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen. 04:55 Education and underground schools. 08:10 US Presidential elections. 09:26 What is it like to be married to President Zelensky? 12:22 Thoughts on therapy and counselling. 14:36 Mental health and Ukraine's 'How are You?' Program. 16:51 Coping mechanisms. 18:05 Compartmentalising and stress. 19:49 Ukrainian Bookshelf Project and speaking Russian. 24:53 Favourite book and reading for escapism. 27:06 Coping in moments of despair.
Olena Zelenska: War has pushed me close to psychological burnout | Exclusive interview in UkraineThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | For many people in Ukraine, it is not President Zelensky, with his trademark green sweatshirts and regular addresses to the nation, who provides comfort to the war-ravaged country, but rather his wife, Olena.
Composed, articulate and by her husband’s side on the international stage whenever their conflicting schedules allow, the First Lady of Ukraine has inadvertently become a powerful symbol of hope.
Yet behind her polished exterior Olena Zelenska has battled with the same anxieties and vulnerabilities known to ordinary Ukrainians, who continue to suffer the agonising consequences of Putin’s invasion.
In an interview from inside the Office of the President in Kyiv, Mrs Zelenska told The Telegraph that she has come close to “burn-out” as she struggled to cope with the magnitude of Putin’s war, while maintaining a brave face for her country and her children.
00:00 Introduction and war fatigue. 01:25 The Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen. 04:55 Education and underground schools. 08:10 US Presidential elections. 09:26 What is it like to be married to President Zelensky? 12:22 Thoughts on therapy and counselling. 14:36 Mental health and Ukraine's 'How are You?' Program. 16:51 Coping mechanisms. 18:05 Compartmentalising and stress. 19:49 Ukrainian Bookshelf Project and speaking Russian. 24:53 Favourite book and reading for escapism. 27:06 Coping in moments of despair.Live: Architect of faulty Horizon software gives evidence | Post Office InquiryThe Telegraph2024-06-25 | A former Fujitsu engineer who helped designed the beleaguered Horizon IT system will give evidence to the Post Office Inquiry today.
Gareth Jenkins helped create the bug-ridden software that inaccurately recorded shortfalls on sub-postmaster accounts, leading to more than 900 wrongfully prosecutions.
Mr Jenkins was used by the Post Office as an expert witness in sub-postmaster prosecutions – giving evidence in-person in the 2010 trial of sub-postmistress Seema Misra, who was pregnant when she was handed a 15-month prison sentence.
However, the organisation received legal advice in 2013 that warned Mr Jenkins’s failure to disclose bugs in the Horizon software “fatally undermined” his credibility as an expert witness.
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Papers filed in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, an American territory in the Pacific Ocean, on Monday revealed Mr Assange will plead guilty to one felony charge in exchange for his immediate freedom.
The US Justice Department has agreed to drop 18 espionage charges against him – instead charging him only with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.
Under the terms of the deal, the journalist will be sentenced to 62 months in prison, but the five years he has already spent incarcerated in HMP Belmarsh in the UK will count against that period.
The agreement must be approved by a federal judge before it can take effect.
#assange #freedom #usaUkraine suspected of ATACMS strike on Russian space control centre in Crimea, Ukraine: The LatestThe Telegraph2024-06-25 | Day 853.
Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, analyse suspected Ukrainian ATACMS strike on a Russian space control centre in Crimea, and discuss this weekend’s terrorist violence in Russia’s Dagestan region.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles on X
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.How Farages Reform seduced Gen Z: Their manifesto is like a wishlistThe Telegraph2024-06-25 | Nathan Hobbs has been arguing with his sister about politics lately. She is 22, has a progressive outlook and, like most young voters, is likely to vote either Labour or Liberal Democrat at the General Election. Nathan, a 19-year-old student, disagrees with her and doesn’t fit the mold of much of his peer group either. He is planning to vote Reform UK on July 4. “There’s a real split [between us],” he says of the siblings’ divergence in political opinion. “She dislikes Nigel Farage.”
Nathan, meanwhile, does not. The undergraduate from Brentwood in Essex is part of a small but noticeable cohort of first-time voters giving their support to Farage’s hard-right party. According to Telegraph analysis, data from four major pollsters suggests as many as 16 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds intend to vote Reform next week.
While support for the party among this cohort is dwarfed by the numbers planning to vote Labour (47 per cent), young voters’ support for Reform now appears to be as strong as their support for the Lib Dems (also on 16 per cent). Reform is also the party that has experienced the biggest surge in young voter support since the election was called - up from 4 per cent in May. The Conservatives are on five per cent in this age group, down from 13 per cent in May.
#farage #generalelection #reformCould unseen CCTV footage show Jay Slater 10 hours after last contact?The Telegraph2024-06-24 | Jay Slater’s father has said he is in a “living hell” as the search for the missing teenager enters its second week.
Warren Slater has been putting up missing posters in the town of Santiago del Teide, Tenerife, as he appealed for anyone who had seen his 19-year-old son to come forward.
His family has now released a CCTV image captured last Monday evening of a figure walking through Santiago del Teide, a town a few miles away, 10 hours after Jay last made contact.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the former Labour leader, now running as an independent, said he had been told “good luck” and “make sure you win” by former colleagues.
Mr Corbyn vowed to push Sir Keir Starmer, his successor as Labour leader, to the Left if he gets back into Parliament, including championing the end of the two-child benefit cap.
Mr Corbyn also criticised Sir Keir for not standing by a comment at the last election that he would make a “great prime minister”, calling the refusal to do so "odd".
The election battle in Islington North is one of the most closely watched of the campaign. It is seen as a microcosm of the wider split that exists between moderates and left-wingers in Labour.
#corbyn #labour #generalelectionRishi Sunak speaks at London campaign eventThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | Rishi Sunak has warned the Tories have “10 days to save Britain” from a Labour government that could last a decade.
In a campaign speech in Chelsea, the Prime Minister urged people to think about what Labour in No 10 would mean for them and their family, claiming Sir Keir Starmer would hike taxes and prioritise “environmental dogma” over the UK’s national security and the cost of living.
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Taylor Swift fans 2AM transport nightmare | The Daily T PodcastThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | From 'mega Swiftie heaven' to 'Sadiq Khan hell' - Taylor Swift fans endure 2AM transport nightmare
Gordon Rayner also reveals he turned down Eras Tour tickets last night, much to the dismay of Camilla Tominey
🎧 Listen: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcastFarage and Johnson clash on Ukraine, Tory gambling row and Taylor Swift concert woes | The Daily TThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | Nigel Farage claims Boris Johnson will go down in history as the “worst prime minister of modern times” after a public spat that saw the ex-PM attack the Reform leader for claiming the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Are Mr Farage’s views on Vladimir Putin a vote-loser or an inconvenient truth? With Kamal off, Camilla is joined in studio by Associate Editor Gordon Rayner to make sense of it all.
Plus, could the General Election gambling controversy be the new ‘partygate’ for the Tories? And can the real Kemi Badenoch please stand up? Features writer Mick Brown takes us on a deep dive into the politician who could be the future of her party.
#politics #news #electionTory betting scandal: the new Partygate? | The Daily T PodcastThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | 'A lot of people in Tory HQ are convinced that spike was caused by journalists betting'
Gordon Rayner and Camilla Tominey analyse the Conservatives' latest headache. Is CCHQ right to blame reporters?
🎧 Listen: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcastNigel Farage says Trump leant a lot from his European Parliament speechesThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | Nigel Farage has claimed former US President Donald Trump ‘learned a lot’ from studying the Reform UK leader's speeches in the European Parliament before he ran for office.
Speaking to ITV News political correspondent Harry Horton in the latest The Leader Interviews - Tonight programme - Mr Farage denied he thought he was was Britain's version of Trump.
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Explosion rips through lithium battery factory in South KoreaThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | At least 22 people were killed when a powerful explosion and fire tore through a lithium battery factory in South Korea on Monday, local officials said.
Over 100 people were working in the factory in Hwaseong city, south of the capital Seoul, when the fire broke out, firefighter Kim Jin-young said.
Kim Jae-ho, Fire and Disaster Prevention professor at Daejeon University, said the fire had probably spread too quickly for workers to escape.
#korea #fire #explosionUkraine suspected of Atacms strike on Russian space control centre in CrimeaThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | Huge fires have been recorded by Nasa satellites at the scene of a suspected Ukrainian Atacms strike on a Russian-controlled space control centre in Crimea.
The strike is believed to have hit the NIP-16 space communications complex, which houses a collection of large deep space tracking radars. A locally-sourced video appeared to show the site in flames, while residents told local media that ambulances were dispatched to the scene.
Another video showed the launch of several Atacms missiles from a site in Ukraine, with the rockets illuminating the night sky as they were fired towards Crimea.
Ukrainian officials are waiting for a battle damage assessment before confirming the attack, the Telegraph understands.
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Russia attack: gunmen kill police officers as church and synagogue targetedThe Telegraph2024-06-24 | Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing six policemen and injuring 12, the interior ministry said.
A local religious organisation in the mainly Muslim region put the death toll at nine, including seven police officers.
The interior ministry, quoted by Russian news agencies, said four gunmen had been shot dead as the incidents unfolded. A local official said another had been killed during a shootout at a church in Makhachkala, the region’s main administrative centre.
An Orthodox priest also was reported to have been killed.
Restive Dagestan was hit by an Islamist insurgency in the 2000s, spilling over from neighbouring Chechnya, with Russian security forces moving aggressively to combat extremists in the region.
#russia #attack #terrorManchester Airport power cut causes flight cancellations and delaysThe Telegraph2024-06-23 | A “significant” number of flights from Manchester Airport are expected to be delayed or cancelled after a “major power cut”.
In a social media post on Sunday morning, the airport said the “widespread disruption” was particularly affecting departures from terminals one and two.
The airport is currently trying to get all of the passengers who are stuck in the terminals onto their flights to clear the queues.
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Russia says motorbike attacks help capture Ukrainian strongholdsThe Telegraph2024-06-23 | Russia’s defence ministry has claimed that off-road motorcycles have helped seize Ukrainian positions on the eastern front where a string of towns and villages have recently fallen.
According to a Russian officer, five Russian soldiers were able to capture a single strongpoint near the town of Vuhledar using the vehicles.
“Because we did everything suddenly, they were taken aback, and we captured two of them immediately, while the rest ran away,” he claimed.
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Ukraine: At least three dead in Russian bomb attack on Kharkiv residential buildingThe Telegraph2024-06-22 | Volodymyr Zelensky has called for “bold decisions” from Kyiv’s allies after a Russian guided bomb strike killed at least three people in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
In a post on X, the Ukrainian president said: “This Russian terror with guided aerial bombs must and can be stopped.
“Bold decisions from our partners are needed so that we can destroy Russian terrorists and Russian combat aircraft where they are.”
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Dame Emma Thompson joins thousands at Just Stop Oil protestThe Telegraph2024-06-22 | Dame Emma Thompson joined Just Stop Oil protests in London this weekend.
The actress stood at the front of the thousands of activists that had gathered, she was chanting along with the group and helped hold up a sign that read 'restore nature now'.
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Huge fire burns decommissioned Vancouver rail bridgeThe Telegraph2024-06-22 | A large fire broke out on a decommissioned rail bridge in Vancouver.
A thick plume of smoke billowed across the sky as the blaze engulfed the structure.
No injuries have been reported and local authorities told anyone with breathing difficulties to seek emergency medical help.
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#fire #vancouver #canadaSunak and Starmer condemn Farage over Russian invasion claimThe Telegraph2024-06-22 | Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have condemned Nigel Farage's comments about the war in Ukraine.
The Reform UK leader said that the “ever-eastward expansion of Nato and the European Union” gave Vladimir Putin a reason to justify war.
The comments in a BBC Panorama interview with Nick Robinson echo arguments made by Donald Trump, the former US president and friend of Mr Farage.
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#sunak #farage #starmerUkraine reinforces Chasiv Yar amid fierce fighting, Ukraine: The Latest, podcastThe Telegraph2024-06-22 | Day 850.
Today, we bring you updates from the front lines, discuss Ukraine’s ongoing bid for NATO membership and we interview Ukrainian writer and soldier Oleksandr Mykhed.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles on X
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Ukrainian author Oleksandr Mykhed. @mykhed_o on X.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.How Nigel Farage made Reform the story of the election | Westminster SourceThe Telegraph2024-06-22 | Reform UK and Nigel Farage’s dramatic return to lead the party has been one of the biggest stories of the general election campaign.
Reform had been beginning to drop a little in the opinion polls in the weeks before the snap election was called, but Mr Farage taking over sent support surging instead.
But what political impact is the party really having? What policies are they proposing beyond tougher immigration measures? And how successful can they be on election day?
Ben Riley-Smith, The Telegraph’s Political Editor, takes a look at why, despite the ‘Farage Factor’, Reform is likely to struggle getting many MPs elected.
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Do immigrants help or hinder economies? | The Daily T PodcastThe Telegraph2024-06-21 | 🗣️ 'You have to laugh really at Richard trying to explain economics to Kamal and me'
Do immigrants help or hinder countries' economies? Economist Jonathan Portes points to Canada to explain how they can help
🎧 Listen: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcastTaylor Swift welcomed to London by military band at Buckingham PalaceThe Telegraph2024-06-21 | Buckingham Palace has welcomed Taylor #Swift to London with a special Changing of the Guard.
The singer is set to perform at Wembley stadium on Friday as part of her #Eras tour.
The #Royal family tweeted a video of the troops standing outside the palace playing a rendition of Shake It Off alongside the caption: “Can’t stop, won’t stop groovin’”.
How much is too much? Are immigrants the reason our NHS is barely able to cope and there aren't enough houses?
Or are they a scapegoat for other problems? Are immigrants necessary for economic growth and give more to British culture than they take?
To answer all these questions and more, Kamal and Camilla are joined by Reform UK's chairman Richard Tice and by Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at the School of Politics & Economics of King's College, London and a senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe.
They also unveil some exclusive Savanta polling on public views about immigration, plus share some readers' letters on the issue.
#politics #news #election
Read and listen to more here: telegraph.co.uk/#source=refreshSchoolboy, 15, who murdered teenager ‘in full view’ of pupils seen fleeing on CCTVThe Telegraph2024-06-21 | An “outwardly normal” 15-year-old boy with a “worrying interest in knives” who stabbed another teenager through the heart on the way home from school has been named for the first time as Bardia Shojaeifard.
Alfie Lewis, 15, was stabbed to death “in full view” of pupils leaving a primary school in the Horsforth area of Leeds last November.
Shojaeifard, who was 14 at the time, was found guilty of murdering Alfie by a Leeds Crown Court jury in April.
He had admitted stabbing Alfie with a 13cm-long kitchen knife he had brought from home but denied murder, claiming he was scared for his life when he pulled out the weapon.
The teenager was jailed for life with a minimum term of 13 years.
🎧 Listen: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcastUkraines SBU strikes two Russian fuel depotsThe Telegraph2024-06-21 | Ukrainian drone attacks conducted by the SBU security agency caused fires at fuel depots in the Russian regions of Tambov and Adygeyea early on Thursday, a Kyiv intelligence source has said.
Russian officials said earlier that fires had broken out at two fuel depots after suspected drone attacks.
The Ukrainian source said the depots supplied the Russian military and that the strikes aimed to reduce their resources.
#ukraine #russia #war
Read more here: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/21/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news51Olena Zelenska War has pushed me close to psychological burnoutThe Telegraph2024-06-21 | For many people in Ukraine, it is not President Zelensky, with his trademark green sweatshirts and regular addresses to the nation, who provides comfort to the war-ravaged country, but rather his wife, Olena.
Composed, articulate and by her husband’s side on the international stage whenever their conflicting schedules allow, the First Lady of Ukraine has inadvertently become a powerful symbol of hope.
Yet behind her polished exterior Olena Zelenska has battled with the same anxieties and vulnerabilities known to ordinary Ukrainians, who continue to suffer the agonising consequences of Putin’s invasion.
In an interview from inside the Office of the President in Kyiv, Mrs Zelenska told The Telegraph that she has come close to “burn-out” as she struggled to cope with the magnitude of Putin’s war, while maintaining a brave face for her country and her children.
#ukraine #exclusive #olenazelenska #zelensky
Read more here: telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/20/olena-zelenska-ukraine-hope-burnout-familyAre we entering a new age of revolution? | Battle Lines PodcastThe Telegraph2024-06-21 | On today's episode, we speak to journalist and author Fareed Zakaria about why he believes America and the West are entering a new age of revolution. We then check in with Nicholas Smith, our correspondent in Israel, about how domestic political turmoil and the ongoing war in Gaza is threatening Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
Contributors Roland Oliphant (Host) @rolandoliphant on x Fareed Zakaria (CNN political correspondent, author ) @fareedzakaria on X Nicole Smith (Asia correspondent) @niccijsmith on X
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Today, we bring you the news from Ukraine, analyse Vladimir Putin’s diplomacy in Vietnam and North Korea, and we speak to Ukrainian teenagers in Warsaw on studying abroad and adapting into Polish society more than two years since the start of the war.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles on X
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
Gabriella Jozwiak (Freelance Journalist). @GabriellaJ on X.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Olena Zelenska on speaking Russian: Its the language of the people who came to kill usThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | For many people in Ukraine, it is not President Zelensky, with his trademark green sweatshirts and regular addresses to the nation, who provides comfort to the war-ravaged country, but rather his wife, Olena.
Composed, articulate and by her husband’s side on the international stage whenever their conflicting schedules allow, the First Lady of Ukraine has inadvertently become a powerful symbol of hope.
Yet behind her polished exterior Olena Zelenska has battled with the same anxieties and vulnerabilities known to ordinary Ukrainians, who continue to suffer the agonising consequences of Putin’s invasion.
In an interview from inside the Office of the President in Kyiv, Mrs Zelenska told The Telegraph that she has come close to “burn-out” as she struggled to cope with the magnitude of Putin’s war, while maintaining a brave face for her country and her children.
The Labour leader made the comment in a special BBC Question Time programme in which he was pinned down over his past support for Mr Corbyn.
Sir Keir first refused five times to stand by his comment made in the run up to the 2019 election that Mr Corbyn, his predecessor as Labour leader, would have made a “great prime minister”.
But he eventually said: “He would be a better prime minister… look what we got, Boris Johnson, a man who made massive promises, didn’t keep them, and then had to leave parliament in disgrace.”
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Saudi Arabia shuts pilgrims out of air-conditioned areas as over 1000 die in extreme heatThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | Saudi Arabian officials shut illegal pilgrims out of air conditioned rest areas in Mecca during extreme heat that killed more than 1,000 people on #Hajj.
More than half of the deaths were among unregistered worshippers who had not bought costly permits for the annual pilgrimage, which all Muslims with the means are encouraged to complete at least once. #extremeweather #news
The United Nations Secretary General this month has warned we are on a nuclear “knife-edge.”
How have we got to this point? What can be done to avert disaster? Or is nuclear apocalypse now inevitable?
In this episode of Defence in Depth, Roland Oliphant, a senior foreign correspondent at The Telegraph, explains the return and rise of nuclear diplomacy in the 21st century.
Camilla Tominey puts Tony Blair in the heart of her midfield, but is there space for three-club man Lee Anderson?
🎧 Listen: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcastAngela Rayner would be the Gazza! | The Daily T PodcastThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | Geoff Norcott makes the cases for Alistair 'takes no prisoners' Campbell and Angela Rayner
🎧 Listen: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcast 📺 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=ivU3K7BTRW8Euro 2024 - England political line-up special - Mbappe? Ronaldo? No, Tony Blair | The Daily TThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | As England prepare to play Denmark and Euro 2024 fever properly sets in ahead of the general election, Camilla and comedian Geoff Norcott pick out their political fantasy football team. They also discuss what life as a Right-wing comedian might look like under a Labour government.
#politics #euro2024 #englandHouthis sink Greek-owned coal carrier in Red SeaThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | Yemen’s #Houthis have released a video showing a June 12 attack on the Greek-owned MV Tutor coal carrier in the Red Sea, as salvagers confirmed the #sinking of the vessel.
Maritime security companies and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) confirmed that the Tutor was struck with #missiles and an explosive-laden remote-controlled boat.
The attack on the Tutor marks the second sinking of a commercial vessel by the Houthis since November, in what they say are actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians in #Gaza.Sunak hasn’t got the guts to leave ECHR and stop the boats, claims FarageThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | Nigel Farage claimed Rishi Sunak “hasn’t got the guts” to take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights and finally put an end to small boat Channel crossings.
The Reform leader told a crowd in Cheshire today that Britain must leave the ECHR in order to “take back control” of the nation’s borders.
Mr Farage said: “We will never send any planes to Rwanda. We will never send anybody to Rwanda all while we are part of the court based in Strasbourg that was set up with the best intentions immediately after World War Two with huge support from people like Winston Churchill.
“But that court that has now become activist, that court that has now become interventionist, that court that is no longer fit for purpose, and that court that says we cannot control our own borders, who might be here and who we can get rid of.”
He added: “Of course the lofty barrister Sir Keir [Starmer], he loves all these international courts and Sunak hasn’t got the guts to deal with it because it would split his own party. But we are clear: we must leave the European Court of Human Rights and take back control.”
Reform pledged in its manifesto to leave the ECHR. Mr Sunak has hinted he could be prepared to quit the ECHR if it stood in the way of his Rwanda flights.
The Tories pledged in their manifesto: “If we are forced to choose between our security and the jurisdiction of a foreign court, including the ECtHR, we will always choose our security.”
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.Putin: Vietnam rolls out red carpet for Russian presidentThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | Vladimir Putin was welcomed in Vietnam with a 21-gun salute during a military ceremony on Thursday as he began his official visit to the Communist-run state.
Newly installed Vietnamese President To Lam greeted the Russian president with a military guard of honour at the presidential palace in Hanoi, congratulating him on his re-election and praising Russia’s achievements, including “domestic political stability”.
Mr Lam said: “Once again, congratulations to our comrade for receiving overwhelming support during the recent presidential election, underlining the confidence of the Russian people.”
Putin responded, saying a comprehensive strategic partnership with Vietnam was one of Russia’s priorities.
#news #putin #russia #vietnamJust Stop Oil targets Taylor Swift’s jet — and fails to find itThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | Two women have been arrested after Just Stop Oil targeted a private airfield where they claim Taylor Swift’s jet landed hours earlier.
Demonstrators Cole Macdonald, 22, and Jennifer Kowalski, 28, are said to have entered London Stansted Airport at around 5am on Thursday as part of their latest stunt,.
Essex police later said two women, aged 22 and 28, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use of national infrastructure after orange paint was sprayed on two planes.
It is understood the two climate activists attempted to target Ms Swift’s jet, claiming they knew the plane’s tail number, but could not find it.
#taylorswift #juststopoil #climatechangePutin and Kim laugh and chat in front seat footage from limo drive in PyongyangThe Telegraph2024-06-20 | North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un gifted Russian President Vladimir Putin a pair of Pungsan dogs, a local breed.
Kim and Putin were seen looking at the dogs tied to a fence covered in roses during a segment aired on he state-controlled Korean Central Television.
The two bonded over animals as Kim fed carrots to a horse while Putin looked on. The two also took turns to drive each other around in a Russian-built Aurus limousine.
Kim, known as a keen horseman, was famously pictured riding a white stallion in Mount Paektu during snowfall in photos released by state media in 2019, flooding the internet with online jokes and memes.
The horses Kim rode are symbolic for North Korea which named its economic effort to recover from the 1950-53 Korean War after the mythical winged horse Chollima. Putin has been pictured shirtless and riding a horse in photos released by Russian state media.
Pungsan dogs are a breed of hunting dogs native to a region in the northern part of North Korea. Former South Korean president Moon Jae-in also received a pair of white Pungsan dogs -- named "Gomi" and "Songgang" -- from Kim in 2018 at a time when inter-Korean relations saw a breakthrough.