LARISA BROWN: The bombings bear all the hallmarks of IS: targeting civilians, designed to cause maximum terror and bloodshed, and perpetrated on a Christian holiday. Via: Did ISIS help plot the carnage? The Sri Lankan bombings bear all the hallmarks of the terror group
DOMINIC LAWSON: As Sherlock Holmes would put it: ‘Elementary, my dear Watson.’ For the manoeuvre yesterday by Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson is indeed transparent. Via: DOMINIC LAWSON: It's elementary! Watson's U-turn on Brexit is a blatant pitch for the top job
Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president on television, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. Via: Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of election, exit poll says
The black mare, aged between three and four, lay on the ground for up to three hours as it struggled to get over the potentially ‘fatal’ injury on Westgate Street, Cardiff, at 7pm on Saturday. Via: Two men are arrested as 'pregnant' pony collapses outside sports stadium in Cardiff
Remains of two Austrians and an American discovered on Sunday, five days after avalanche in Canadian RockiesThe bodies of three world-renowned professional mountaineers – two Austrians and an American – were found Sunday after they went missing during an avalanche on a western Canadian summit, the national parks agency said.American Read more
Turnout in vote regarded as a fresh say on country’s name change too low to deliver decisive result, say officials A presidential election in North Macedonia that gave voters another chance to express an opinion on their country’s new name will go to a runoff after turnout in the first Read more
When my father died I lost the ability to liveSix months ago, on 9 October 2018, it was a beautiful and unusually warm day in my native city of Paris. There, in the leafy surroundings of a palliative care centre, my father took his last breath.I was there with my Read more
‘There will be some people who know what happened but are scared to come forward,’ say police Via: Lyra McKee: Teenagers arrested over journalist's death released without charge
‘For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all’ Via: Extinction Rebellion: Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, tells protesters they are 'making a difference'
Family raises more than £20,000 to pay for bail after theft arrest Via: British backpacker detained in Thailand for 'picking up lost phone' at Chiang Mai airport