Flight Lieutenant John Franey obituary
Cool-headed Lancaster and Mosquito navigator who won a DFC and Bar and became one of the few to survive 100 missions
thetimes.co.uk/article/flight…
If verified as authentic, then this is a new, depraved low for war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.
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This is the greatest wire alert I have seen for some time:
COVID - UK HOUSING SECRETARY JENRICK SAYS A CORNISH PASTY WITH CHIPS OR SIDE-SALAD COUNTS AS A "SUBSTANTIAL MEAL"
Calais mayor @NatachaBouchart has hit out at @BorisJohnson this morning, saying Britain is "an eldorado" for migrants with its generous conditions for new arrivals.
"The British government doesn't have the courage to review its legislation in this field," she told @RTLFrance.
Vladimir Putin called an urgent meeting of Russia's security council after reports of Ukrainian breakthroughs in the Kharkiv region.
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.
Source: scrf.gov.ru/news/allnews/3…
Reuters reports the EU has not replied to Australia's request to release 1 million AstraZeneca doses paid for by Canberra.
PM Scott Morrison said last week the vaccines were destined for Papua New Guinea, which is facing a health crisis from rising coronavirus infection rates.
Dutch MEP Derk Jan Eppink tells his fellow parliamentarians "since the British have left, the European Parliament has become more boring. Without Nigel Farage in the corner, rather quiet...like a provincial assembly."
BREAKING: Former French PM Francois Fillon tells the Journal du Dimanche he will resign from his positions with top Russian firms Sibur and Zarubezhneft.
It comes after Tory MP @TomTugendhat suggested Mr Fillon, who served under Nicolas Sarkozy, could be hit with sanctions.