Colonel Oleg Gordievsky was excited. His boss, General Arkadi Guk, in the Soviet embassy in London, had been expelled by the British and he, as deputy, was in pole position to take over as a double agent. Via: Oleg Gordievsky was in charge of Russia's London embassy until the Kremlin was Read more
Writ presented by Human Rights Watch calls for prosecution over mass civilian casualties in Yemen and murder of Jamal KhashoggiArgentine prosecutors are considering charging Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman with war crimes and torture if he flies to Buenos Aires for the G20 summit this week.The move comes Read more
Articles for the Observer and Guardian bring her award for print and web story of the yearThe Observer and Guardian journalist, Carole Cadwalladr, has won the Foreign Press Association media award for print and web story of the year for her reporting on the links between Cambridge Analytica, the UK’s Read more
Storm-damaged support ship means Ben Lecomte, 50, has to divert to Hawaii A French-American plastic pollution campaigner has given up his attempt to swim across the Pacific ocean after a storm broke the mainsail of his support ship, organisers have said.Ben Lecomte had completed about 2,780km (1,500 nautical miles) of Read more
Former Trump campaign chairman’s lies amount to new crimes and deal no longer stands, according to special counselPaul Manafort repeatedly lied to investigators even after agreeing to cooperate with the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, the special counsel Robert Mueller said late on Monday.Manafort, Donald Trump’s former Read more
As experts cast doubt on supposed breakthrough, China’s National Health Commission orders an ‘immediate investigation’Beijing has ordered an investigation into claims by a Chinese scientist to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies, a move that would be a ground-breaking medical first but which has generated a barrage of Read more
Nicky Reilly was serving a life sentence for plotting to attack restaurant customers in 2008 Via: Failed suicide bomber found hanged in his cell at HMP Manchester, inquest told
The harm would easily outweigh any benefit to the public finances from no longer paying a net contribution to the EU budget, says UK in a Changing Europe Via: Theresa May's Brexit deal will damage UK public finances, think tank warns
Trussell Trust says it is ‘picking up the pieces’ as benefit payments fail to reflect cost of living Via: Food bank use to soar to record levels over Christmas as UK families struggle to pay basic living costs, charity warns
Police ‘picking up the pieces of a broken mental health system’, inspection finds Via: NHS failings 'forcing police to respond to mental health incidents rather than crimes', report finds