Power plant attacks reflect Russian blueprint to make Ukrainian cities unliveable pred 20 urami in 49 minutami Kremlin turning to punishment of Ukraine’s population in major cities as frontlines remain frozenEurope live – latest updatesAs Russian missiles and drones have systematically slammed into power plants in Kyiv and Kharkiv this week, the rolling blackouts and water outages have increasingly resembled a supposed Russian blueprint to destroy life in major Ukrainian cities seen by the Guardian.Even as Donald Trump unilaterally declared an “energy ceasefire” last week between Moscow and Kyiv, Russia continued with its methodical and devastating strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, in particular in Kyiv, in a strategy meant to punish Ukraine’s population and drive the country to capitulation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Judi Dench joins calls by The Archers cast to keep show in Birmingham pred 20 urami in 53 minutami The actor, who made a cameo in the Radio 4 drama in 1989, has signed a letter urging BBC not to move studio elsewhereThe cast and crew behind The Archers, including the one-time guest star Judi Dench, have written to the BBC director general urging him to keep the recording of the Radio 4 drama in Birmingham.It emerged this week that the corporation was planning to stop recording the rural community soap opera in the city for the first time in the show’s 75-year history, after it scrapped plans for a radio drama studio. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Russell Brand was ‘wild-eyed maniac’ when trying to drag woman into toilets, court told pred 20 urami in 56 minutami Woman says she ‘wrenched’ herself free from alleged assault that she says took place when she was working at MTV in 2001Russell Brand transformed into a “wild-eyed maniac” when he tried to drag a woman into a men’s toilets for a sexual encounter before she “wrenched” herself free, a court has heard.The 51-year-old comedian is accused of indecently assaulting the woman, who told Southwark crown court: “I emerged relatively unscathed. He didn’t manage to rape me.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Police search for clues to deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school pred 21 urami Schools closed after one teacher and three children killed, and child and teacher hospitalized with critical injuriesPolice are investigating a deadly shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, where a 16-year-old opened fire on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher, before being shot dead by an armed bystander.Authorities in Oregon said that the three children killed at Silver Rail elementary school were aged five, eight and 11, and that a seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were also hospitalized with critical injuries. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK police force pays out after claims it protected officers accused of abusing women pred 21 urami in 17 minutami Exclusive: Devon and Cornwall police formally apologise to nine women and settle claim without admitting liabilityA police force alleged to have promoted and protected male officers despite knowing they were accused of attacking women has formally apologised and paid compensation to nine female victims, the Guardian has learned.The women allege they were subjected to a range of abuse including rape, assault, threats, harassment and coercive control while in relationships with male officers from Devon and Cornwall police. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
