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🔴Russia has bombed a school in Bilohorivka, where roughly 90 people were sheltering.

It has killed two people and left 60 in the debris feared dead, the governor of the Luhansk region has said.

Keep up with the latest updates in our #liveblog here ⬇️
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Britain will provide an extra £1.3 billion in military support to Ukraine in another escalation of assistance for Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces trying to repel the Russian invasion

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Ukraine morning briefing:
1⃣Putin 'doubling down' but no sign of nuclear strike, says CIA head
2⃣Wounded and medics next for evacuation, says Zelensky
3⃣Nearly 200 heritage sites destroyed or damaged
4⃣Britain pledges £1.3bn in military support and aid
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🔴From her home in the capital, ambassador Melinda Simmons talks Russian mistakes, Zelensky’s rock star status and Putin’s nuclear distraction.

Read the interview here 👇
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🔴US first lady Jill Biden met with Ukrainian refugees in eastern Slovakia on Sunday, the last day of her tour of Romania and Slovakia to visit US servicemen deployed there and women and children who fled Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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🔴NEW: Liz Truss 'horrified' by school bombing that 'deliberately targeted' Ukrainian civilians

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telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202… British Foreign Minister Liz Truss speaks during an intervie
🔴'As in 1945, victory will be ours,' declares Vladimir Putin

Follow all the latest updates on our liveblog here ⬇️
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🗣️Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that "evil has returned" to Europe, comparing Russia's invasion to Nazi Germany during an address commemorating World War II Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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May 9
State Opening of Parliament: Queen's decision to delegate her duties is unparalleled

Prince Charles and William will jointly open Parliament, allowing Her Majesty the comfort she deserves in her time of need

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More than meets the eye in Moscow’s muscle-flexing Victory Day parade, reports @DomNicholls

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✍️"Putin likes to use Moscow’s Victory Day parade, as a means of messaging the West," writes Dominic Nicholls.

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May 9
🗣️Vladimir Putin's 'Victory Day' speech decoded.

"The Russian President's orthodox address to the nation was utterly empty of new ideas. But that was not the point", writes @RolandOliphant

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If Putin's February invasion of Ukraine had gone as planned, he would have been reviewing today's Victory Day parade on Kyiv's Independence Square

➡️Instead, his troops were marching through Red Square in Moscow with a fraction of the hardware they usually display Image
Putin was always going to compare his current war in Ukraine with the Second World War in a bid to rally the country and the army to his invasion, writes @RolandOliphant

But he did not, as some predicted, claim "mission accomplished" Image
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May 9
🔴 Russia is holding a large-scale military parade through Moscow to mark Victory Day, with Ukraine's military warning that there is a "high probability of missile strikes" to mark the occasion

Follow our coverage live with @DomNicholls and @theo_merz👇
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🔴Watch: Live coverage as a large-scale military parade is held in Moscow to mark Victory Day 👇

🔴Vladimir Putin has arrived in Moscow's Red Square for the large-scale military parade.

He shook hands with generals and veterans as he took his seat for proceedings.

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❓Is the property frenzy about to turn into an almighty crash?

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Many voters who turned against the Conservatives this week were punishing the party for falling rates of home ownership, Michael Gove has warned.

The Housing Secretary said: “We’ve got to do more on home ownership”

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🗣️ Gove said: “Even as interest rates are in the position that they are, there are people who are perfectly capable of servicing a mortgage who are paying more in rent than they would for their mortgage.”

“That is wrong” Michael Gove wearing a suit and glasses.
🏠 Gove outlined plans designed to increase the supply of homes, which are due to form part of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.

The plan is one of the flagship pieces of legislation expected to be announced in next week’s Queen’s Speech
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