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Russia launches ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv and surrounding region – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T07:35:59+00:00

Zelenskyy says Russia had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of missilesAt least 12 people were killed and 40 injured in a series of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.“It was a massive attack – the Russians had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, aiming to cause as much damage as possible to civilian infrastructure. There is destruction in Kyiv and the region, as well as in the Odesa and Chernihiv regions,” Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Continue reading...

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Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to Britain this month

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T07:32:39+00:00

Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to relocate from US, with children to start British school in SeptemberHarry and Meghan: the key moments, conflicts and controversies since their US moveThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US, it is understood.The couple and their two children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are expected to relocate later in August to a non-royal residence. Continue reading...

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La chargée d’affaires américaine convoquée par le Pakistan après des déclarations sur le Cachemire de l’ambassadeur américain en Inde

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-20T07:32:00+00:00

Sergio Gor a qualifié le Cachemire, territoire contesté, de « partie importante » de l’Inde, rival d’Islamabad. Les deux pays se disputent la souveraineté de l’ensemble du Cachemire depuis la partition de l’Inde britannique, en 1947.

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Travelodge boss quits amid fallout over hotel chain’s security failings

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T07:27:29+00:00

Joanna Boydell steps down after widespread criticism over company’s handling of guest safety issuesThe boss of Travelodge has resigned after widespread criticism of her handling of security failings at the hotel chain, including a shocking case where a domestic abuser was given a key to a woman’s room before assaulting her.In a brief company statement on Thursday, Travelodge said Joanna Boydell had stepped down and temporarily replaced by its finance chief, Ray Reidy. The company has launched a formal search for a permanent substitute. Continue reading...

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Canadian marathon route was 674m too long

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-08-20T07:15:48+00:00

The organisers of the Edmonton Marathon admit the course for the 2026 edition was measured more than half a kilometre too long.

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X5 закрыла единственный магазин «Пятерочка Налету» в Санкт-Петербурге

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-20T07:15:06+00:00

Единственный петербургский магазин сети «Пятерочка Налету», находившийся в бизнес-центре «Трезубец» на ул. Ефимова, прекратил работу. Об этом сообщил в своих соцсетях основатель телеграм-канала «Продукт медиа» Михаил Лачугин. В X5, которая занималась управлением этим объектом, от комментариев отказались, уточнив лишь, что  это был пилотный проект. 

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Утренний звон по рынку акций 20 августа

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-08-20T07:07:38+00:00

Российский рынок акций утром в четверг перешел к падению. По состоянию на 10:00 мск индекс Мос,иржи снизился по отношению к закрытию предыдущего дня на 0,10% и составил 2170,19. Индекс РТС снизился на 0,10% и составил 803,08.

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Australia news live: NSW police commissioner says ‘I unreservedly apologise’ for miscommunication over 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper’s death

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T07:03:00+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Outrageous’: Greens leader says sending Israeli ambassador home should be on the tableGreens leader Larissa Waters says strong words are not enough, and the government should sanction the state of Israel after its defence force decided not to pursue a criminal investigation into the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers including Australian Zomi Frankom.It is absolutely outrageous that after two years of investigating, the Israeli authorities have cleared themselves of any wrongdoing … The Australian gov

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L’influenza di Jennifer Hegseth sul Pentagono e il sogno della Casa Bianca

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-20T06:58:30+00:00

Secondo il ritratto del New York Times, la terza moglie del segretario alla Difesa sta crescendo nella scala sociale di Washington: oltre a tenere il marito Pete lontano dall’alcol, gestisce i rapporti con la stampa e seleziona personalmente i suoi collaboratori

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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive grades – latest updates

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T06:56:06+00:00

Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are starting to open the envelopes containing their GCSECompulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study findsEducation secretary Lucy Powell is on the media round this morning as students prepare to pick up their GCSE results, including her own daughter.She said it was a “big day” that marks “a really important moment in a child’s progression”. Continue reading...

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Erin Patterson appeal: prosecutors seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T06:48:56+00:00

This blog is now closedCase against Erin Patterson is ‘overwhelming’ and mushroom killer’s appeal should be dismissed, prosecutors sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProsecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellingtonMcWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument in its closing address that Patterson was not severely ill after the poisoned beef wellington lunch. Patterson’s lawyers have pointed to evidence heard in the trial, including testimony about her lowered potassium levels. McWilliams says her potassium levels were “clinic

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Kyiv comes under heavy Russian missile attack, killing at least 13

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T06:46:01+00:00

Children’s hospital and residential areas hit in latest bombardment of capital and surrounding regionA heavy Russian bombardment has killed at least 13 people in Ukraine’s capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities have said.A missile attack on Kyiv struck residential areas and warehouses, said the mayor, Vitali Klitschko. The attack damaged residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution and killed 12 people and wouned 33, he said. Continue reading...

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Erin Patterson’s mushroom murders sentence too lenient and she should die behind bars, prosecutors argue

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-20T06:44:17+00:00

Crown prosecutor tells Victorian court that all seven of Patterson’s grounds for appeal should fail while arguing for tougher sentenceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTriple murderer Erin Patterson should have been given no possibility of ever being released from prison, or a non-parole period so lengthy that she was likely to die behind bars, Victoria’s highest court has heard.Patterson, 51, is appealing against her convictions in the court of appeal, with the Director of Public Prosecutions is also appealing against the sentence handed down to her, arguing it is “ma

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China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-20T06:39:52+00:00

Hui Ka Yan’s punishment caps the downfall of a property empire whose collapse set off a prolonged crisis in the Chinese economy.

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