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Europe / Germany / Ukraine

‘They need fighter planes and long range missiles too’

Published by The Daily Mail (26th January, 2023) Delighted Ukrainians shared selfies on social media yesterday in which they showed off their leopard-print clothes. Women donned coats, tops […]

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Europe / Germany / Russia / Ukraine

Germany risks becoming a pariah in Europe

Published by The i paper (23rd January, 2023) Russia’s generals have long thought that they could win a war with the West. They knew any conflict would be […]

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Policy / Sport

Everyone expects it to end in disaster at Everton

Published by The Daily Mail (21st January, 2023) There is something deeply irrational about being a football fan. The time, money and effort spent following your club. The […]

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Covid19

The Covid origins debate gets even murkier

Published by The i paper (19th December, 2022) It is three years since a strange new disease began felling people in a city in central China, sparking the pandemic […]

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Politics

Bulldoze this affront to our democracy

Published by The i paper (12th December, 2019) Last week, Sir Keir Starmer announced his intention to abolish the House of Lords if Labour wins the next election, […]

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Health / Policy / Social care

Why would you envy the NHS?

Published by UnHerd (18th January, 2023) They say the first step in fixing a crisis is to recognise there is a problem. So let us give thanks for […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Devastated mourners forced to burn their own dead loved ones as China’s ‘zero Covid’ approach backfires

Published by The Sun (3rd January, 2023) After the man’s grandmother died from Covid, he went to a major crematorium in the Chinese city of Chengdu to sort […]

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China / Covid19 / World

How the sudden lifting of China’s Zero Covid plunged the country into turmoil

Published by The Daily Mail (January 2nd, 2023) The man’s note to his neighbours was polite. He stated that his father had died in their Shanghai flat from […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

A woman whose story shows why the war must be won

Published by The i paper (January 2nd, 2023) As the past year slides into history, it will be remembered for the outbreak of a cruel war that scars our […]

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Health / Policy / Social care

Scandal of lives stolen by the state

Published by The i paper (26th December, 2022) Ryan Addison lives in his own home in Doncaster, 10 minutes from his mother, Sharon. He went to see Blackpool […]

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Europe / Ukraine

The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?

Published by The Daily Mail (December 22nd, 2022) When I ask Yulia Grechan about last Christmas, she smiles and says that ‘everything was great’. She was married to […]

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Europe / Ukraine

How these heroes (and your donations) are clearing Ukraine of killer booby traps

Published by The Mail on Sunday (December 18th, 2022) Thick flurries of snow fell in the forest as a Ukrainian man repeatedly shouted out ‘left, right, left, right’. […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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