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US President Joe Biden has signed the most sweeping gun violence Bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings.

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A woman walks past a shell crater in front of a damaged residential building in the town of Siversk, Donetsk region, on June 23, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. -  via Getty Images

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Refugee artists show the importance of freedom of expression – Soizig Carey Columnists

Ukraine is being sacrificed for US political interests – Kenny MacAskill MP Columnists

From AIs to an unhappy elephant, question of who is a person faces a reckoning Columnists

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Ukrainian journalist and soldier ‘coldly executed’, press group says World

COP15: Delayed UN nature summit moves from China to Canada as Covid hits plans Environment

The pillars of Iran’s tyrannical regime are collapsing – Struan Stevenson Columnists

MoD confirm destruction of Russian resupply vessel near Snake Island World

Why France needs to adapt to a more volatile political structure World

International app launched to gauge level of UV exposure from sun World

Rise of extremist politics in France is a warning to Scotland and UK Columnists

Why the West must increase the pressure on Putin – Professor Tim Willasey-Wilsey Columnists

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British troops must prepare to fight in Europe once again, says Army chief World

'Deteriorating and catastrophic': 18m face starvation in Horn of Africa Environment

Scotland-bound Ukrainian family stuck in limbo in Warsaw after visa failure World

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Boris Johnson hopes Ukraine can host Eurovision People

Boris Johnson travels to Kyiv for second visit since war began World

Vladimir Putin speech delayed 'because of cyber-attack' World

Putin is ‘no more of an aberration’ in Russia than Johnson, new biography claims World

Russia again cuts natural gas exports to European countries World

Ukraine granted candidate status in bid to join EU World

Texas Republican senator John Cornyn walks out of gun law negotiations World

Home Office to extradite Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges Politics

Ukraine claims to have struck Russian boat near Snake Island World

Russia has ‘strategically lost’ war in Ukraine World

YouTube channel for Ukrainian child refugees to launch World

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McDonald’s to pay France £1bn in tax fraud case World

Journalist’s family are ‘heartbroken’ after murders confirmed in remote Amazon World

Emmanuel Macron says there are signs of war crimes during visit to Kyiv suburb World

Ukrainian consul asks why refugees stuck in Scottish hotels for weeks World

Russian forces in Donbas ad hoc and undermanned says MoD World

Ghislaine Maxwell’s recommended prison sentence too harsh, lawyers say World

Suspect fatally shot British journalist Dom Phillips as human remains found World

How a green tech firm aims to help solve climate crisis – virtually Environment

Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump defeated in South Carolina World

Man held at UK airport ‘on suspicion of spying for Putin regime’ World

Here's why the UK is sending refugees to Rwanda World

Plan to send near-empty flight to Rwanda is clear message to asylum seekers World

EU takes legal action over Brexit deal as Johnson warned plans are 'illegal' Politics

Russian forces now control the majority of Sievierodonetsk says MoD World

Russia sanctions dozens of UK journalists and media figures World

Ukrainian academic flees war to be granted rare scholarship in Scotland World

Government denies it is considering plans to suspend super sponsor visa scheme World

Young teacher ‘disappeared’ by Russian forces after being taken captive in March World

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Britons sentenced to death after ‘trial’ in Russian-occupied Ukraine World

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Iran plans to ramp up uranium enrichment, says UN watchdog World

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At least one dead and nine injured after vehicle driven into crowd in Berlin World

Watch: Russian TV claims Johnson's popularity will fall if fighters are executed World

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