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Denmark / Europe / Greenland

What kind of nation forcibly sterilises girls as young as 12 to cut welfare bills?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th November, 2023) Like many teenagers, 15-year-old Arnaq took a part-time job in a local shop to earn some money. Appallingly, though, […]

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United States / World

The FOREVER prisoners still shackled in Guantanamo 14 years after Obama said it would be shut

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th August, 2023) On his second day as US President, Barack Obama signed an order directing that the Guantanamo detention camp should […]

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China / Covid19 / World

New evidence that Beijing hid truth about Covid origin and possible leak from Wuhan lab

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th July, 2023) China’s public health authorities cracked the genetic code of the Covid virus five days before the rest of the […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

‘US missiles with a 100-mile range’ are used in first strikes to retake Mariupol

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2023) Ukraine has launched a series of surprise attacks on Russian troops and supply lines in Mariupol – the first […]

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Europe / Ukraine

What became of the Ukrainian girl whose tearful farewell to her father moved Rishi Sunak to despair?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2023) It was a moment of heartbreak, an immediately iconic image that captured painful separation, but was also a portent […]

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Europe / Norway / Russia / Ukraine

I was thrown into a pit for refusing to fight for Putin – and escaped from being executed by sledgehammer

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th February, 2023) The former commander of a Russian mercenary unit has seen one of his men beaten to death with a […]

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China / Covid19 / World

UN experts: Lab leak was ‘most likely’ Covid cause

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th January, 2023) The authors of two United Nations reports into the origins of the pandemic say they believe a laboratory leak […]

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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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Europe / Policy / Transport / Ukraine

War is no excuse for poor service

Published by The Mail on Sunday (December 11th, 2022) The arrival of the first Ukrainian train in Kherson last month, with its familiar blue paintwork, served as a […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Putin using three body doubles who’ve had surgery to look like him, says Ukraine military chief

Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th October, 2022) Vladimir Putin is using at least three body doubles who have had plastic surgery to look like him, claims […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Putin’s missiles blitz power stations as he tries to freeze Ukraine into submission

Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd October, 2022) Russia unleashed a fresh wave of missile strikes on cities and towns across Ukraine yesterday as Vladimir Putin seeks […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Putin’s ‘miracle’ bridge in flames

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th December, 2022) It is a picture that shows the stunning devastation caused to the only rail and road link between Russia […]

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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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