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The world will never be safe if we turn our backs on Ukraine, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has urged western leaders to prepare for a protracted war in Ukraine or risk “the greatest victory for aggression in Europe since the Second World War”.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson warned his threat to quit human rights treaty risks stability in Northern Ireland

All European states except Russia and Belarus are signatories to the convention drawn up after the Second World War

The Independent UK

The Standard View: Five years and still no justice for Grenfell

It was five years ago this morning that Londoners awoke to news of the worst residential fire in Britain since the Second World War.

Evening Standard

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‘We are destroying our future’: New Yorkers join gun reform protests

The march kicked off at Cadman Park Plaza, where a memorial honors Brooklynites who served in the second world war

The Guardian - US

D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be memorialized and remembered

Villages and towns along the Normandy coast will fill with visitors this week to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6. Flags will fly to welcome and acknowledge those who fought in the Great Crusade. Over the summer, hundreds of commemorations will take place to mark…

The Conversation

Will the exodus of Ukrainians surpass the Second World War's refugee flows?

In a recent news release, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) counted more than 100 million people globally who have been displaced and forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution.

The Conversation

Drone footage explores Edinburgh’s abandoned coastal defences from the Second World War

A video uploaded to YouTube shows drone footage as it flies over the Forth - exploring the islands of Cramond and Inchmickery, two of Edinburgh's coastal defences during the war.

Edinburgh Live

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Western countries demand Russia follows international law – so why don't they?

With a passion that recalls the aftermath of the Second World War, politicians and commentators are demanding a global order that takes seriously the rules of the United Nations Charter — notably on respect for sovereignty and fundamental human rights.

The Conversation

Ghost village where everyone fled just before Christmas - leaving only a chilling note

The village of Tyneham near the Dorset coast was evacuated during the Second World War to be used as a military training camp and the residents spent years fighting to return.

Daily Mirror

Kremlin mulls Nuremberg-style trials based on second world war tribunals

Russia to seek to justify invasion of Ukraine by staging show trials of war prisoners, conflict scholars fear

The Guardian - UK

Relatives of Scottish Second World War hero pay emotional first visit to his graveside

THE FAMILY of a Scottish serviceman who was killed during a German U-boat attack during the Second World War have paid an emotional first visit to…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson defends Partygate boozing and jokes alcohol in No10 helped win WW2

Boris Johnson joked to backbenchers that 'we may not have won the Second World War' if drinking had been banned in Downing Street, according to a Tory source

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson dismisses booze ban in No 10 after Gray findings

The Prime Minister told Tory MPs that Britain may not have won the Second World War if there had been a booze ban.

The Independent UK

Cannes 2022: Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa on the lessons of history

Is it ever morally acceptable to exploit civilians as a weapon of war? That's the question at the heart of Sergei Loznitsa’s latest documentary, "The Natural History of Destruction". The Ukrainian filmmaker tells us how, on February 24, his country was thrust 80 years into the past as the Russians…

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The Natural History of Destruction review – a harrowing account of aerial warfare

Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s strikes a moral equivalence between the British and Germans in a second world war documentary that offers no clear conclusion

The National (Scotland)

Ukrainian chapel in Scotland wins vital funding to secure future

THE future of a Ukrainian chapel that opened after the Second World War has been secured.

Daily Mirror

Global economy faces 'biggest test since the Second World War', expert warns

Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary Fund, said food and energy prices are squeezing households around the world - and central banks are tightening monetary policy to rein in inflation

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

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Inside abandoned village people can only enter with special permission from military

Six villages in Norfolk were evacuated during the Second World War to give the military an area to practice their manoeuvres and now special permission is required to enter

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Conversation

Photos of wartime Europe still shape views of conflict – here's how we're trying to right the record

A war in Europe instantly creates parallels with the world wars for people in the UK and other European countries. This connection represents what most people know and are taught about conflict on the continent. The media coverage and response to the war in Ukraine have also invoked familiar images…

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Conversation

Why Emmanuel Macron's peace efforts with Vladimir Putin are probably pointless

On Victory Day — the May 9 commemoration of the former Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War — Russian President Vladimir Putin was expected to officially declare war on Ukraine.

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Independent UK

Polish Nobel author says Russia threat to 'free world'

A Polish Nobel Prize-winning author says that Russia presents a threat to the “free world” and its attack on neighboring Ukraine had echoes of the Second World War

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