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Hungary shows a ‘change in attitude’ towards refugees amid Russia-Ukraine crisis
Even Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has spoken in favour of Ukrainian refugees, saying this week that his country can “tell the difference between who is a migrant and who is a refugee.”
Russia ‘wants a war with NATO’, British military analyst claims
"Right now, at this moment in time, the Kremlin is so angry, so bitter and deluded, that it actually wants a war with NATO," UK historian Dr Peter Caddick-Adams said.
Climate activists deflate tyres of SUVs in rich London neighbourhoods
“We disarmed these SUVs because they are a growing and needless part of the system that is killing us. Nobody needs a planet-wrecking SUV," a spokesperson said.
BBC suspends reporting from within Russia following new legislation
Director general Tim Davie said the legislation "appears to criminalise the process of independent journalism."
From ‘Kindertransport’ to ‘Ukrainetransport’: Lessons from saving children from Nazis
The Ukraine crisis shows how important it is to learn the lessons of the Kindertransport, which saved thousands of Jewish children from the Holocaust.
Watch: Singing Ukrainian MPs ‘send message to world’ from Kyiv
Ukrainian MPs gathered in the nation's parliament on Thursday and defiantly sung the national anthem.
James O’Brien tears into Priti Patel for going to Poland to ‘pretend’ that she cares about refugees
The home secretary said the UK "stands to shoulder with Ukrainians" as she travelled out for a photo op on the Ukrainian border.
Russia to imprison citizens who spread ‘fake news’ about Ukraine
Spreading "false information" about the war could earn Russians 15 years in prison under brutal new laws.
US senator calls for Vladimir Putin to be assassinated
Lindsey Graham asked: "Is there a Brutus in Russia?"