Punk and funk along with enchanting wildlife, scenery, food and drink in the Faroes
‘YOU’VE been really lucky to get two nice days. Usually that’s about it for the summer.”
EXCLUSIVE
Catalonia watches and waits ahead of snap Spanish election
SPAIN will go to the polls on July 23 amid deep concern that the far-right Vox party may find themselves in government as part of a coalition with the conservative Partido Popular.
SPECIAL REPORT From the decks to the frontlines for Ukrainian DJ John Object
‘I’M not doing great,” a 28-year-old Ukrainian soldier named Timur Dzhafarov tells me over a surprisingly clear and stable line from a pitch-dark forest somewhere near the frontlines in southern Ukraine.
WAR IN UKRAINE
Russian panic tangible as world waits for Ukrainian counter-offensive
A DRAMATIC week in Kyiv and Ukraine began with the whole country suffering under a barrage of Russian drone and missile attacks – but ended with cause for optimism on multiple fronts amid another round of humiliations for an increasingly beleaguered and panicky Russia.
SPECIAL REPORT Sirens, missiles and heroes – a surreal day in Kyiv as war rages on
WARNING, of a sort, had come at around 6.50am on Monday, but the vast majority of those awake to hear the air raid sirens will have taken little notice of them. After nearly eight months of hearing them almost on a daily basis, Ukrainians in places not under regular attack (Kyiv hadn’t been hit by missiles in months) have long treated the siren with indifference. Ninety minutes later, however, it became clear this wouldn’t be an ordinary autumn day in Ukraine’s peaceful and beautiful capit
SPECIAL REPORT On the streets of Poland with Ukrainian fans as their side faced Scotland
With the third game of Scotland’s vital Nations League triple-header taking place in Krakow on Tuesday, it was no surprise to see large sections of the Tartan Army making a long weekend of it.
This is what it’s like to be still living in Ukraine amid war
"YOU’RE a journalist? Ahhh, you must come on my bus, no problem!”
ON THE GROUND
War and peace: What it was like journeying to the Ukrainian city of Lviv
"SLAVA Ukraini,” the middle-aged woman sitting next to me on the coach from Krakow to Lviv said to the Ukrainian border guard in military fatigues as she collected our passports. It means “glory to Ukraine”, as people in every corner of the world now know.
special report The testing journey faced by a family fleeing the war in Ukraine
"I STILL don’t think anything can happen. But tonight I’ll pack a bag just in case and then will try to record a new mix.”
