Posted by The Guardian | Aug 15, 2020 | Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus, Europe, Russia, The Guardian, Vladimir Putin, World News |
Pressure mounts on Alexander Lukashenko to go as protests threaten to spill beyond Belarus’s bordersWomen in Belarus take protests into their own hands‘It’s like a war’: armed men roam streets of MinskThe...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 15, 2020 | Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Japan, Justin Trudeau, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, Keir Starmer, Prince Philip, Prince William, Scott Morrison, Second world war, The Guardian, UK news, World News |
VJ Day was declared when emperor Hirohito ordered his people to stop fighting in second world warThe 75th anniversary of VJ Day – the victory over Japan which signalled the very end of the second world war – has been...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 15, 2020 | Myanmar, Thailand, The Guardian, UK news, World News |
Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun were found guilty of killing Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in 2014Two men on death row for the murder of a pair of British backpackers in Thailand have had their sentences commuted to life...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 15, 2020 | A-levels, Education, Education policy, Exams, Gavin Williamson, GCSEs, Ofqual, Politics, Schools, Secondary schools, The Guardian, UK news |
Education secretary says it would be ‘shocking injustice’ if cost stopped pupils appealingSchools in England will be able to appeal against A-level and GCSE grades free of charge, in a climbdown by the education...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 15, 2020 | Coronavirus outbreak, Health, Health policy, Infectious diseases, North of England, Politics, Science, Society, The Guardian, UK news |
Government accused of being ‘tone deaf’ for imposing restrictions in the north of England despite warningsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has been accused of being...
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